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photo on these two pages by Wyman Meinzer | DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW. U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich | GEN. CQ BROWN, JR., IS THE FIRST BLACK SERVICE CHIEF IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE AIR FORCE AND IS ONE OF ONLY TWO BLACK MEMBERS OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF — THE FIRST BEING RETIRED GEN. COLIN POWELL.

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HOME GROWN Three brothers work to bring land back to its original state with their environmental reclamation company, KerTec, LLC.

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THE FOOD ARTIST Anna Johnson has built a beautiful business based on a popular form of edible art.

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OUR HOUSE The McKenzie-Merket and Frazier Alumni Pavilion are a sort of homeaway-from-home for alumni, but they’re also popular event venues.

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VISIONARY, LEADER, BARRIER-BREAKER: GEN. C.Q. BROWN, JR., CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Texas Tech civil engineering graduate has become the top officer of the U.S. Air Force.

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THE MOST IMPORTANT CLASS Jerod Foster, an associate professor of practice and assistant dean for curriculum and instruction in the College of Media & Communication, offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity for his students.

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ONE SHOP OWNER’S JOURNEY BACK TO THE 806

Lubbock native Katie Joiner moved to Austin to experience life outside of her hometown. While she was working at Blue Bridal Boutique, she met brides from the 806 who traveled across the state in search of their perfect wedding dress. A shared bond and love for growing up in Lubbock sparked conversations that changed the way Katie thought about the Lubbock she knew growing up.

A place she felt lacked the experiences she needed was now a growing metro of creativity and opportunity.

Wanting to be a part of that excitement, in August 2019 Katie and her husband, Evan, decided to move back to the “Hub City.” Her one condition: Katie wanted to open her own bridal boutique.

Just two months after moving back, she opened Lillie’s Bridal Boutique, named after her grandmother who shared a love for fashion and an entrepreneurial spirit.

The vision for this local shop was to marry Katie’s love of fashion and people with the best quality dresses and customer service experience possible.

After expanding in November 2020, Lillie’s Bridal Boutique offers the perfect dress for brides looking to say ‘I do’ soon, with off-the-rack selections, as well as a wide-ranging selection for brides with a longer timeline looking to make a custom order.

If starting a business and expanding during a pandemic wasn’t busy enough, the Joiners welcomed a son, Leeland, in the midst of all the craze. Katie credits her family and the support of the Lubbock community for the success of her small business.

“The community here is amazing when it comes to supporting local business,” Katie said. People are really excited to go to a smaller boutique or a smaller restaurant that is locally owned. And, small business owners are doing things really well.”

Along with the community’s support, Katie found the cost of living here to be ideal. The commute was 15 minutes, not an hour to an hour and a half like in her previous city. And, she and her husband purchased their first home within a year of moving to Lubbock.

“Just practically we were excited to be here,” Katie mentioned. “Once we moved, it had only been a week and I felt like I was breathing easier. I felt like I was more relaxed, and that is the kind of life I’d rather live.

It just is.”

Thinking about moving back to the LBK? Learn more about Katie’s story and why life is better in Lubbock at lubbockeda.org.

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I WAS A YOUNGSTER SITTING in the grass endzone in 1977 when Bill “Blade” Adams’ 57-yard field goal bounced three times on the goal post before finally clearing the uprights to close the half. It was Tech’s longest field goal in history. Alex Trlica’s 52-yard 2006 kick to complete the largest comeback and eventual win in bowl game history against the Minnesota Gophers was a thrill as well. However, Jonathan Garibay’s 62-yarder to defeat Iowa State in the final seconds will be remembered in these parts as the best yet.

The longest-ever kick by a Red Raider surpassed Adams’ in 1977 and also tied the longest in Big 12 history. I enjoyed crossing paths after the game with former kicker Jaret Greaser ’99, who has two of Texas Tech’s longest kicks at 55 and 53 yards in 1996. Jaret currently serves as legal adviser on our association’s National Board of Directors. It was a special moment for him to witness the kick with his son Ford who got a frame worthy picture with his friend and the national champion Pom squad.

Garibay’s kick was impressive enough, but more impressive was his humility among all the accolades. Afterward he tweeted,“If God is with me, who can stand against?” He also deflected praise to his teammates for making the kick possible, modeling our “strive for honor” mantra. Garibay is no stranger to game-winning field goals, having defeated West Virginia in the closing minute earlier this fall in Morgantown and a walk off kick against Baylor last season. The senior from Rubidoux, California, was named to the All-Big 12 Team and is a finalist for the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award.

Long kicks are memorable, but Ryan Bustin has made the most career field goals for Tech at 50 from 2012-14 and Clayton Hatfield owns the best percentage of field goal attempts at 86 percent (201518). And I can’t reference past kickers without mentioning my high school classmate Scott Segrist, with 41 from 1985-88, son of former baseball coach Kal Segrist.

We’ve had some storied field goal kickers in our past. The first feature story I ever wrote for this magazine as a student, leading to an internship and eventual job as assistant editor, was with Brian Hall, who kicked with a wooden boot. He lost his foot in a farming accident but persevered as a kicker with a prosthetic leg. Hall graduated in 1977 and because of his story, landed an appearance on the popular game show “To Tell The Truth,” winning a total of $167 and some parting prizes.

Other Red Raiders claiming the longest 10 kicks in Texas Tech history are Kenny Vinyard in 1966 (55), David Mellot in 1975 (55), Ricky Gann in 1984 (55), Kenny Vinyard in 1967 (54), Bill Adams in 1978 (54), Tony Rogers in 1996 (53) and Chris Birkhotoz in 1998 (53).

This year’s winning kick put an exclamation point on an eventful week, with highly touted Joey McGuire being handed the reins to lead the Red Raiders beginning next season. Joey has hit the ground running with immediate impact on recruiting that seems very promising for the future of Texas Tech football. His energy and enthusiasm is contagious and he no doubt feels right at home at a

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A KICKSTART WE’LL NOT SOON FORGET

Ford Greaser and Landry Stone (son of Head Soccer Coach Tom Stone) pose with the National Champion Pom squad following Texas Tech’s win vs. Iowa State.

place he’s long admired as a coach where his brother and daughter both graduated.

Even so, I couldn’t help but wonder what former head coach Matt Wells felt when watching Sonny Cumbie and team secure our first bowl game since 2017. Matt’s continued support for his players, wishing them the best, despite the circumstances, is to be commended. Texas Tech regent Dustin Womble, who just made a $20 million commitment to the football program, on the heels of the new Womble Basketball Center, tweeted a thank you to Matt Wells, reminding us that he “left the program better than he found it.” While I didn’t know Matt that well, we corresponded occasionally, as I would send notes of congrats and/or encouragement over the two years he coached. When thanking him for his time at Tech and all the work he put in, Matt responded…. ”I know how much we’ve invested in our program, and we leave knowing we’ve made it 1,000 times better. Culture completely flipped, and we were so close to flipping it on the field in year 3. It was an honor and my privilege to be the head coach at Tech. I’m very happy for our players and staff for getting win No. 6.”

Seasons come and seasons go, and social media allows more alumni to have more voice than ever before, yet younger grads don’t have as much perspective that our more seasoned alumni have. Red Raider football seems to be on the rise, and it’s evident that the passion for our university is alive and well. I’m optimistic Garibay’s feat was a kickstart to help propel our university’s story as a whole. I’m proud for him, the team and everyone who stayed to the end to witness it. We had some pep in our step marching back through campus with the Goin’ Band, one of our greatest traditions.

Thank you for your passion and support for Texas Tech.

SAVING THE WORLD

BY STORM Since 1998, the Texas Tech University Hurricane Research Team has had an active presence at landfalling hurricanes and has deployed to more than 40 in the U.S. The information gathered is used to support diverse research projects aimed at better understanding the links between the storm size, intensity, wind field characteristics and the resultant damage across the landfall region.

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PEOPLE THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UNVEILED THE DOZIER FAMILY ALUMNI HALL AT THE FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION AT ON SEPT. 18. The event recognized the generous contribution made by longtime Red Raider supporter Norman J. “Norm” Dozier, M.D. Dozier’s gift was part of the Building on Tradition Capital Campaign to fund the expansion of the Frazier Alumni Pavilion.

Dozier was born and raised in Anson, Texas. He graduated from Texas Tech summa cum laude in 1977. Following medical school, residency and an internship, he later entered private practice in Abilene. In 2015, he built Abilene White Rock Surgery Center in partnership with three local neurosurgeons and continues to practice there as well as at his private office.

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The Institute of Environmental and Human Health’s Department of Environmental Toxicology, has gathered data on the effectiveness of face masks in reducing the spread of COVID-19.

The Fractional Efficiency Filter Tester, housed within The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), is a cutting-edge piece of equipment that measures a material’s ability to filter out particles. Using this instrument, Ramkumar’s team has demonstrated that three-ply masks filter out 60-80% of simulated viral particles between 150 and 30 nanometers in diameter, respectively; thus, commercially available three-ply masks are up to 80% effective in protecting individuals against smaller viral particles. In addition to testing existing masks, Ramkumar is working on enhancing the filtration efficiency of cotton face masks.

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NEWS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS SELECTED TEXAS T E C H AS A PA RT N E R TO H E L P F I N D M I SS I N G M I L I TA RY PERSONNEL. The department of defense Prisoner

of War & Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) has selected Texas Tech’s Institute for Peace & Conflict and its Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive as a partner in the Hub and Spoke program to support research that will help locate and identify the 81,000 individuals listed as MIA from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. DPAA is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense whose mission is to recover U.S. military personnel listed as POWs or MIAs from past conflicts around the world.

The agreement requires that the Institute for Peace and Conflict must employ postdoctoral fellows to conduct research for up to four years at the direction of DPAA. Texas Tech’s postdoctoral fellows will teach a military history course each year for the Department of History and participate in conferences, community veteran events and local K-12 activities.

LUBBOCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HAVE ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE THE LUBBOCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AGRISTEM COMPLEX. The $10.5 million project is scheduled for completion in 2022.

ON SEPT. 17, 2021, THE NATIONAL RANCHING HERITAGE CENTER DEDICATED ITS 54TH HISTORIC STRUCTURE, TRINITY MISSION, A 1920S-ERA RURAL CHURCH THAT STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL PEWS, PUMP ORGAN, PODIUM AND ALTAR.

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This new facility is part of a $130 million bond that L.I.S.D. passed in 2018. It is located at Fourth Street and Quaker Avenue on Texas Tech’s campus. L.I.S.D. students will have the opportunity to gain industry-based certification and experience in agriculture from the Texas Tech College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.

When Trinity Mission found a permanent home on the university campus, no one at the NRHC knew it fulfilled a decades-long dream of the third Texas Tech University president, Clifford B. Jones, who wished for the church to eventually be located at the HRHC. Before becoming president of Texas Tech in 1939, Jones learned the cattle business as a cowboy on a Nevada ranch and then came to West Texas where he eventually managed the Spur Ranch and the considerable property holdings of S.M. Swenson and Sons. Jones was an early resident of Spur, Texas, beginning in 1911 and a founding member of Trinity Mission church. The one-room church was built in the 1920s on land donated by Spur Ranch owners descended From left, clockwise: Trinity Mission church, the one-room church’s interior, the original pump organ. from S.M. Swenson, who moved to Texas from Sweden in the 1830s. Swenson’s sons purchased the ranch in 1906 from the Espuela (Spur) Land and Cattle Co. of London.

Although the church was donated by The Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas, 14 donors from four states contributed more than $100,000 to move the church to Lubbock and restore the structure to its original appearance as a one-room church built on Spur Ranch land to serve the Spur, Texas, ranching community.

The National Ranching Heritage Center is open to the public free of charge from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The historic park closes daily at 4 p.m., but the indoor museum remains open until 5 p.m.

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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HAS SET A NEW ENROLLMENT RECORD FOR 2021: 40,666 Red Raiders. In 2010, a goal was set to break 40,000 enrolled students by 2020. Texas Tech continues to surpass this goal. With a record-breaking number of first-year students and graduate enrollment, Texas Tech also had to update its communication with students. Over the past year, the university sent out 14.5 million emails and more than 150,000 text messages to students.

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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC, HOUSED WITHIN THE J.T. & MARGARET TALKING COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, APPOINTED TWO GUEST MAESTROS FOR THE FALL. David Cho, music director of the

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, appeared with the University Symphony Orchestra throughout the semester and Vishwa Subbaraman conducted the Texas Tech Opera Orchestra in November.

Cho’s musical career has held many accomplishments, including winning the E. Nakamichi Concerto Competition at the Aspen Music Festival, being awarded the Arthur Dann Prize at the Oberlin Conservatory, serving as assistant conductor for the Vienna Philharmonic and conducting at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall.

Subbaraman is the co-founder and artistic director of Houston’s Opera Vista and a Texas Tech School of Music alumnus. A former Fulbright Scholar, he was awarded a grant to study conducting with John Nelson in Paris where he also worked as the visiting assistant conductor with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris. Sabbaraman most recently served as the music director of the Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee.

The inaugural class of Texas Tech’s School of Veterinary Medicine TWO YEARS AFTER THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, FACULTY AND STAFF HAVE OFFICIALLY MOVED INTO THE NEW BUILDINGS AND WELCOMED THE INAUGURAL CLASS. In August, the SVM welcomed the first class of 64 students into the new world-class facilities. The school will recruit and select students with a passion to serve rural and regional communities. Its curriculum is focused on the competencies and skills necessary for success in practice types that support these areas of need.

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SPORTS Texas Tech tabs Joey McGuire to lead football program MCGUIRE BECOMES THE 17TH HEAD FOOTBALL COACH IN PROGRAM HISTORY FOLLOWING FIVE SEASONS AT BAYLOR AND A DECADE OF SUCCESS AT CEDAR HILL Joey McGuire, a 2020 inductee into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor, has been named the 17th head football coach in Texas Tech history, Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt announced Nov. 8, 2021.

McGuire, who has spent the previous five seasons helping build Baylor into a Big 12 title contender following a legendary career at Cedar Hill High School, was formally introduced in a press conference Nov. 9, 2021.

McGuire joined the Texas Tech athletics department immediately and will assume head coaching duties immediately following the 2021 football season. Sonny Cumbie will continue to serve as Texas Tech’s interim head coach for the three remaining regular-season games and any bowl appearance.

“We are excited for this new chapter in Texas Tech Football under the direction of Coach McGuire,” Hocutt said. “Our search committee was impressed from the outset not only with his significant ties throughout the state of Texas but his enthusiasm and desire to serve as the head coach at Texas Tech. We are thrilled to be able to welcome Coach McGuire and his wife Debbie to our Red Raider family.”

During his five seasons in Waco, McGuire’s ties throughout the state helped develop a Baylor program that appeared in the 2019 Big 12 Championship game and the Allstate Sugar Bowl, one of three times the Bears have secured bowl eligibility during his tenure. McGuire has served as Baylor’s associate head coach each of the last three seasons.

McGuire made the jump to Baylor after a legendary run as head coach at Cedar Hill High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Over his 14 seasons, he took a Cedar Hill program that hadn’t won a playoff game prior to his tenure and led the Longhorns to 12-consecutive playoff appearances and three state championships, including back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014.

Cedar Hill was an impressive 141-42 during McGuire’s tenure as the Longhorns also claimed the state title in 2006, only his fourth season as head coach. Cedar Hill was the state runner-up in 2012, starting a run where the Longhorns were among the most-dominant programs in Texas. Cedar Hill won nine bi-district titles and seven district crowns overall during McGuire’s tenure.

McGuire and his wife, Debbie, have two children, a daughter Raegan and a son Garret. Garret was a quarterback at Baylor from 2017-20 before joining the coaching profession as a member of the Carolina Panthers prior to the 2021 season. Raegan is a graduate of Texas Tech University.

JOEY MCGUIRE CAREER EXPERIENCE 2020-21 | Baylor Associate Head Coach (Outside Linebackers) 2019 | Baylor Associate Head Coach (Defensive Ends) 2017-18 | Baylor Assistant Coach (Tight Ends) 2003-16 | Cedar Hill High School Head Coach

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Coach Adams at Nov. 9 game vs. North Florida

Coach Gerlich at Nov. 11 game vs. Southeastern Louisiana

TEXAS TECH HAS BEEN PICKED FOURTH IN THE 2021-22 BIG 12 MEN’S BASKETBALL

TEXAS TECH HAS BEEN PICKED SIXTH IN THE 2021-22 BIG 12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

PRESEASON POLL WITH KANSAS, University of Texas and Baylor coming in first, second and third, respectively.

The Red Raiders are led by Head Coach Mark Adams, who is entering his first season leading the program after five years as the associate head coach. Adams and the Red Raiders have made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and are coming off a 9-8 record in Big 12 play last season. TTU was picked fifth in last season’s poll after the highest predicted finish of third for the program in the 2019-20 poll. 112 Texas Tech opened its season Nov. 9 by hosting North Florida and begins Big 12 play with a New Year’s Day game against Oklahoma State at the United Supermarkets Arena.

PRESEASON POLL. Baylor, University of Texas, Iowa State, K State and

West Virginia filled slots one through five, respectively.

The Lady Raiders are led by former Lady Raider and head coach Krista Gerlich, who was hired in August 2020. Prior to accepting the head coach position at Texas Tech, Gerlich spent seven seasons at UT-Arlington and seven seasons at WT A&M. The team finished 2021 seventh in the Big 12 2021.

The Lady Raiders kicked off their 2021-2022 season at home Nov. 11 against Southeastern Louisiana and begins Big 12 play Jan. 2 against Oklahoma at United Supermarkets Arena.

THE TEXAS TECH BASEBALL TEAM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS, HOSTED AN EXHIBITION CONTEST OCT. 25 BETWEEN THE RED RAIDERS AND THE RANGERS’ INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE PROGRAM. The Rangers’ Instructional League

team started a 17-game schedule Sept. 30 with the Dodgers, Guardians, Padres, Reds, Royals and White Sox organizations and concluded its slate with a week of games against select Texas colleges at the end of October.

The first stop on the tour was at Rip Griffin Park before the professional organization moved onto stops at Dallas Baptist (Oct. 26), Baylor (Oct. 28) and TCU (Oct. 29).

Red Raider kicker Jonathan Garibay kicked a 62-yard field goal to win the Nov. 13 game 41-38 against Iowa State. The win made Texas Tech bowl-eligible for the first time since 2017. The kick was the longest in TTU history.

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DJ Diesel (Shaquille O’Neal) A large crowd gathered for Shaq’s performance.

A TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL PREGAME PARTY FEATURED A PERFORMANCE

BY DJ DIESEL AKA SHAQUILLE O’ NEAL. Before the start of the Red Raider’s football home opener against Stephen F. Austin, Shaq performed for hundreds of fans. Raider Alley, the school sponsored tailgate, is hosted in the historic engineering key on campus and is free to all fans.

Dustin R. Womble Football Center

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HAVE TEAMED UP FOR AN ADVERTISING AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN DURING THIS SEASON. The goal is to increase the visibility of Texas Tech as a premier destination for higher education.

This partnership will showcase Texas Tech features throughout Arrowhead Stadium. There will be ads on the ribbons throughout the stadium. Fans will also be able to notice the phrase “Kick off your career at Texas Tech” on the video board. Along with advertisements the in Arrowhead Stadium, social, digital and radio broadcasts are planned.

TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR THE NEW DUSTIN R. WOMBLE FOOTBALL CENTER. The $40-$50 million football training center will replace the current Tech Football Training Facility. Dustin Womble and his wife, Leisha, have donated $20 million to the project, making it the largest single gift ever to the athletic department. The Wombles are also responsible for a $10 million gift for the Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center.

Demolition of the current football facility is projected to begin in early 2022. The new building is expected to be completed before the start of the 2023 football season barring any fundraising delays. The new building will be connected to the Sports Performance Center that houses the 80-yard indoor practice field and the track-and-field completion venue.

The multi-purpose two-story building will be roughly 100,000-square feet and double the size of the current team facility. It will feature one of the nation’s largest strength and conditioning facilities as well as a sports medicine center, nutrition center, locker room, team lounge, recruiting area, position meeting rooms, team meeting theater and coaches and staff operation space.

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Home Grown The Standard in Environmental Reclamation

BY LINDSAY DUBE P ORTRAITS BY JOHN WEAST ALL OTHERS COURTESY OF KERTEC LLC

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Ten miles northwest of Lubbock, in the small town of Shallowater, Texas, three brothers are redefining what it means to be good stewards of the land. As wind, solar, and oil and gas industries grow exponentially, so does the amount of disturbed land that is created and in turn the need to restore it.

The Kerby brothers, Rhett, Landon and Gunner, saw an opportunity to support this niche with their expertise in conservation agriculture.

For the past six years they have been fulfilling the mission of restoring, sustaining and preserving natural landscapes with their family-owned and operated company KerTec LLC. KerTec is an environmental reclamation company that focuses on restoring disturbed lands to their original state for the oil and gas, solar energy, wind energy and mining industries.

“Anything civilly that is done where they tear up a lot of land, we are the land reclamation service that comes in and restores everything back to its native state,” Gunner said.

Rhett, Landon and Gunner all graduated from Texas Tech University in 2004, 2006 and 2014, respectively, with degrees from the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources. Rhett and Landon both received bachelor of science degrees in agronomy while Gunner’s degree was focused in conservation law enforcement.

“The Department of Plant & Soil Science at Texas Tech has provided me a tremendous amount of groundwork and just a very good foundation for managing natural resources like soil, soil health, and understanding evaporation,” Rhett said. “I think that’s where we’re able to excel. We leverage our education from Texas Tech in managing land and understanding the limitations of the land and the climate.”

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KerTec is an environmental reclamation company that focuses on restoring disturbed lands to their original state for the oil and gas, solar energy, wind energy and mining industries.

After graduating from Tech and spending several years working for the United States Department of Agriculture, Rhett was given an opportunity to return to his hometown of Muleshoe, Texas, in 2011 to work for a seed company.

“I was selling seeds to people that were buying seeds only because they were told they had to, and they were experiencing tremendous failures,” Rhett said.“It was just kind of a sad reality that my plant and soil science background was somewhat limited, because I’m just selling seed and there was no vehicle to deliver or install the seed. That was really where the idea began. We really needed to determine how we can leverage what we know, and what we’re good at, in a non-agriculture industry.”

After Gunner graduated from Tech in 2014, the beginnings of the company known today were founded. Gunner worked part time at the newly established KerTec for about a year and then transitioned to fulltime role handling all equipment, logistics and personnel.

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“We did everything right from a business standpoint to allow it to grow into something that could be substantial, but it really took about three years to grow into something,” Rhett said. “It wasn’t until 2018 that I stepped away from the seed company and became a full-time employee at KerTec. Today we have somewhere between 20 and 25 full-time employees and work in about 15 different states.”

Working with family can sometimes create a difficult dynamic, but not for the Kerby brothers. Rhett said growing up there were always opportunities for the boys to be hands on as a group, and it has become second nature to work together.

“These are the business partners that God put in my lap and we’re really good together, and so let’s go for it,” Rhett said. “Our ability to be candid and open and yet civil and professional is what has allowed for this to grow and be what it is.”

Gunner said that becoming business partners has done nothing but help make KerTec more successful and efficient.

“Being brothers there’s a lot of trust that we have in each other, so the decisions that are made in the company are (less complicated),” Gunner said.

“It is very quick and easy for three owners to be able to make calls quick, and everybody is just under the impression that everybody trusts each other and it’s all in good faith. We can really expedite a lot of things quickly.”

Rhett and Gunner agreed that working well as a team with high levels of efficiency directly translates into great customer service for clients. KerTec clients cover a wide range of construction and development sectors including but not

limited to residential development, commercial development, utility scale development and general contract work.

“Anybody who needs grass or anywhere where there’s been ground disturbance, that is an opportunity for us to work,” Rhett said.

The process of working with a client always begins with understanding what their specific vegetative goals are. The next step is to discuss soil stabilization so that the seed is planted in conditions that are the most sustainable and productive. Then finally, it is time for the vegetation installation and the custom made 25-year management plan that comes along with it.

“I’m pretty proud that we’re a one-stop shop. We’re a dynamic company that’s able to provide the design, and when I say design, I’m referring to the vegetation installation design, how to install it and how to manage it,” Rhett said.“That’s a level of expertise that’s not really found outside of agriculture.”

Rhett said that while KerTec follows all regulatory requirements and helps keep their clients environmentally compliant, their passion comes from a natural resource stewardship mindset.

“I don’t like to push a client to do something because they’re required to do it. I like to explain to a client, why they need to do things and then hopefully, by wanting to do what is right, they, therefore are compliant with regulation,” Rhett said.“I want to teach them to be good stewards of the land and natural resources. A lot of what we do in working with clients is educating them, and we have a unique responsibility to help them understand why they need to do these things that prevent erosion.”

Operating in such a niche market has allowed KerTec to quickly become an industry leader in environmental reclamation. There are very few reclamation companies in the United States, and if there are competitors, they are generally larger companies.

“These are the business partners that God put in my lap and we’re really good together and so let’s go for it. Our ability to be candid and open and yet civil and professional is what has allowed for this to grow and be what it is.”

“We’ve internally said that we want to be the largest reclamation company in the United States,” Rhett said.

“I mean that’s a pretty lofty goal, but I think for us to even be marginally successful, we have to have some pretty lofty goals that keep us motivated.”

KerTec helps highlight just how diverse and impactful the agricultural industry is and showcases the truly complex and innovative field that it has always been.

“It is definitely a science-based discipline that was rooted in agriculture, and so we’re all advocates for agriculture,” Rhett said. “I think it’s very important for everyone...to know that these are the principles that you can learn through agriculture, that you can then take and apply in so many different areas of life.”

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The FOOD Artist

Her dexterous fingers gently and quickly fold thin slices of salami and prosciutto into decorative whorls.

Her work is both brisk and beautiful as she artfully places edible décor on a board, smiling as she chats about how she found her way into the world of entrepreneurship.

“I started by creating a board for a family member’s bridal shower,” says Anna Johnson, owner/founder of West Texas Charcuterie. “My husband said, ‘You should maybe try to sell a few of these. If you sold two a month, that’s some pedicure money…’ So, I made a little page with my first board and got 200 followers that same day.”

She couldn’t have known that first charcuterie board she built in August 2020 would burgeon into a full-blown business. Today she is so busy, she books weeks, and often months, in advance.

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A small-town girl from Canadian, Texas, Johnson is the oldest of seven children.

With a graduating class of a mere 40 kids, she says her mother worried about the shock of attending a university with a population in the tens of thousands.

Anna first attended South Plains College, where she met her husband, Trevor Johnson, on their first day of classes. The couple transferred to Texas Tech together and married shortly thereafter.

Anna says her dream had been to have her own cooking show. Journalism seemed to be good preparation for that. While she was earning her bachelor’s degree, in 2013, she and Trevor welcomed their first son, Hunter. Motherhood changed her perspective, and she notes, “I didn’t think I could do the police beat with a one-year-old.”

Following graduation she worked for The Outdoorsman, a locally owned outdoor apparel business. Anna spent a decade there and was a buyer and manager. Around the time she and Trevor welcomed their second son, Hayes, in 2018, she accepted a position as a food buyer for Dynamic Foods.

“I was their fruit and vegetable buyer,” she explains. “After I started doing that my love for food came back around. I was buying food and I was learning a lot about commodities and inventory analyzing. And I thought,‘I think I could really go back to this food thing.’”

Her gig as a food buyer allowed her to purchase products at a discounted rate, a bonus as she contemplated her growing a side business.

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“I’ve always loved to entertain.,” she says. “I’ve thrown my kids pretty extravagant birthday parties and I love to create. It all came together really well.”

It wasn’t long before West Texas Charcuterie took off and Anna found herself needing a commercial kitchen. Trevor’s uncle, Eddie Delavan, who owns Eddie’s Barbeque at 1324 E. 50th St., offered Anna the use of his kitchen after hours. She jumped at the offer.

“And it’s been such a blessing,” Anna says of her business. “I love it. I was able to quit my full-time job to start doing this more full-time. My fatherin-law owns a business here in Lubbock and I do bookkeeping for him. And then for the rest of my time, I get to do this. So, it’s worked out perfectly. It’s just been nonstop for over a year.”

In addition to weddings, showers, birthday parties and the like, Anna is also the official charcuterie artist for Llano Estacado Winery and Mano Negra Brewing Co. in Cactus Alley. She also was invited to partner with Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin-based Koops’. Established in 1897, Koops’ offers 14 flavors of mustard and has always been her go-to for a tangy, spicy kick.

In addition to being particular about her mustard, Anna likes to use signature items on her boards that she curates from nearby.

“One thing I set out to do with my business is to use as many local ingredients as I can,” she says.“So, I have a lot of baker friends that I reach out to. I try to get all of my produce fresh from a little farm in Idalou. Fresh honey. I don’t have fresh honey today because she (the beekeeper) is out of honey right now. But I just try to make it like local, down home and help as many other small businesses as I can.”

Charcuterie’s ORIGIN STORY

In France, during the 15th century, residents visited the local “charcuterie” — which translates in English to “cooked flesh” — to purchase salted, smoked pork products. The meats used to populate a charcuterie platter in 2021 are the same types of old-world style meats that have been common throughout Europe for more than 500 years.

What began as a way to preserve meat eventually turned into a form of artistic impression that has been carried down through generations.

Today’s charcuterie boards’ options have been upgraded to include cheeses, nuts, fresh and dried fruits, pickles, olives, specialty mustards and fine chocolates or caramels — each of these items may be spicy, salty or sweet. A gourmand’s delight, it’s a delectable sampling of many cultures’ best cheeses and cured and smoked meats.

The variety of foods on charcuterie boards are meant to be enjoyed together, with other people, yes, but also literally together — think drizzling honey over smooth brie, spread on a crisp cracked pepper cracker, press a spiced pecan in the middle of the cheese and you have savory-sweet bliss.

A great board offers countless mash-ups to be enjoyed alongside a favorite wine or beer.

Wildly popular on social media, charcuterie boards have grown to include dessert boards, hot chocolate boards, candy boards, bagel boards — if it can be imagined, it can be charcuteried. Did I just make up that word? I believe I did.

Nevertheless, the idea behind offerings from Anna and her company, West Texas Charcuterie, is that her boards offer something for everyone and are a fantastic way to bring people together.

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Anna has built on her knowledge of cheese and cured meats during the last few years. She creates everything from a tiny charcuterie cup to enormous grazing tables. She’s open to suggestions, but says she most enjoys choosing the items for the boards, which often provides clients with little surprises, such as local nuts, honey or her Fisher Pickles (shown on pages 18 and 20).

“I’m super close to my grandparents,” Anna says. “They’ve always canned them and they’re phenomenal.”

The bright green, crunchy, sweet and tangy Fisher Pickles have become so popular that Anna had to coax her grandparents out of retirement to begin making them in large quantities for her boards as well as to sell by the jar. She had a logo created and her grandparents are now in business as well.

While she may use similar items on her boards, no two are ever exactly alike. She follows her instincts when building her edible art. When combining her talent with the superior artisan products, clients receive a product that’s almost too beautiful to eat.

Almost.

She is dedicated to her craft and says her birthday and Christmas requests are now limited to charcuterie books, cheese knives, cutting boards and other items related to her business. She follows countless other charcuterie accounts on social media, both sharing her work and learning about techniques.

While Anna finds herself busier than she’s ever been, she says she loves every minute of her work: offering much-loved favorites while also introducing items to her customers, all of it displayed like a masterpiece.

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Our House The 1927 inaugural class of 26 graduates formed the university’s first alumni association: the Alumni Association of Texas Technological College. By April 1935 the name changed to the Alumni and Ex-Students Association. Another name change occurred in 1949: the Ex-Students Association, and, again in 2001 when the name was changed to the current Texas Tech Alumni Association.

As the TTAA has evolved throughout the last 94 years, one of our greatest successes has been the expansion of our facilities. From just a few offices in the Administration Building to the sprawling building in which the TTAA now offices, we’ve come a long way.

Through multiple multi-million dollar fundraising campaigns, alumni can proudly claim two gorgeous event venues on the Texas Tech campus. While the COVID-19 lockdowns stalled activity during 2020, bookings are picking back up and it’s a great time to consider the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center or the Frazier Alumni Pavilion for your next event in Lubbock.

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In 1969, the TTAA moved from the Administration Building to its current location, the 8,150-square foot former President’s Home at 17th & University Avenue.

Since 1969 the structure has seen two major additions: the first was completed in 1995 and added 11,650-square feet, and the second was completed in 2010, adding 10,694 square feet.

The McKenzie-Merket not only has a proud history, but it also serves as one of the premier venues in Lubbock for meetings, conferences and special events. Its proximity to the Kent Hance Chapel and ample parking make it perfect for wedding receptions.

The facility offers 7,210-square feet of space that can be divided into six separate meeting areas, which allows for intimate gatherings as well as large events.

The university’s Top Tier Event Planning is just that, an events planner, making the planning process streamlined and simple.

To book an event at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center, call 806-742-0400.

For more information, scan the QR code.

All special events with a 60-day advance room rental receive a FREE commemorative brick to honor your event, placed permanently at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center or Frazier Alumni Pavilion.

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Frazier Alumni Pavilion

Construction on a second alumni association building on the Texas Tech campus was completed in 1999 with the 10,000-square-foot Frazier Alumni Pavilion southwest of Jones SBC Stadium. An expansion was completed in October 2019, bringing the now-two-story facility to 28,000 square feet. Funds for the recent expansion are still being raised with the Building on Tradition campaign.

“We have benefitted greatly from the expansion of the Frazier Alumni Pavilion, enabling bigger gatherings on gameday and larger private events,” says Curt Langford, president and CEO of the Texas Tech Alumni Association.

“We’re still focused on paying off the $6 million expansion and are now inside $1 million in pledges to clear the debt. We’re grateful to everyone who has helped us in this effort and invite others to ‘leave a legacy’ at the facility. It’s a beautiful venue all of our alumni can be proud of.”

More than just a stunning place for alumni to gather on football game days in the fall, the Frazier Alumni Pavilion is a popular spot for special events throughout the year.

To book an event at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion, call 806-742-0400. For more information, scan the QR code.

For more information about or to give to the Building on Tradition campaign, call Jim Douglass at 806-790-5463 or scan the QR code.

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VISIONARY, LEADER, BARRIER-BREAKER

By Jean Ann Cantore Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., salutes for the national anthem before the Air Force Academy versus San Diego State University football game at the academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Oct. 23, 2021.

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Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Chief of Staff, United States Air Force

THESE PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE BROWN FAMILY

Brown’s family celebrates his graduation in 1985 from undergraduate pilot training by pinning on his Air Force pilot wings.

Brown poses with classmates from the Air Force’s Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nevada.

Brown pilots an F-16 Fighting Falcon during an air refueling mission as part of Operation Southern Watch.

Great eyesight is essential for a military pilot, but the vision Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., has for the United States Air Force goes beyond seeing well.

With almost 37 years of experience stretching the gamut of officer ranks, he is well prepared to serve as the chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, the highest-ranking member of that military branch.

“When I entered pilot training, you had to have 20/20 vision to be considered,” he says.“Fortunately, I was through pilot training when I had to start wearing glasses. We’ve changed the rules since then. You can have 20/20 vision with LASIK now.”

Today, when Brown discusses his vision, he most likely is not referring to how well he sees; rather, he is talking about his concept of how he wants the Air Force to look and operate. He is addressing tough, often painful, issues such as a lack of diversity in the military — particularly in leadership roles.

He wants to improve inclusivity, something he notes is difficult to obtain and maintain. Through his own challenges and successes, he has developed a clear idea of what works – and what doesn’t.

“Many times, I was the only African American in my unit or my squadron or one of only two,” he says. “When I went to pilot training, there were just two of us. When I had my first operational assignment, I was usually the only black pilot in my squadron. As a senior officer, I often am the only African American in the room.

“In the video I did back in June 2020, I kind of talked about the two worlds I live in. I was a captain at the Officers Club and being told by other African American officers that I wasn’t black enough

since I was spending more time with my squadron, mostly white males, than with them.

“I firmly believe that people only aspire to be what they can see. And I want Airmen to look up and see a service chief they’re proud of and aspire to be. I think it’s easy to not pursue a particular career path or quit, because you haven’t seen it or seen someone that looks like you. I hope that my service and reaching the positions I have can be inspiration to those who come behind me.”

According to Brown, initiatives for a more inclusive Air Force must be meaningful, sustainable and enduring.

“All practices we put in place should well outlast me as chief of staff. My tenure is four years, and I’m already 15 months into it. I want to be sure that whatever we do is around long after I’m gone.”

Brown adds that he and his team have an opportunity to make some drastic changes to what has not been done in the past. He has made changing the culture of the Air Force a priority.

He says they sent out two surveys to members of the Air Force and that they “came out loud and clear with what they thought.” For the first survey, more than 123,000 Airmen responded to the survey.

“They really want to see change,” he notes.“We owe that to them.”

“All practices we put in place should well outlive me as chief of staff . . . “I want to be sure whatever we do is around long after I’m gone.”

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As a freshman cadet in the Texas Tech University Air Force ROTC Detachment 820, Brown hardly could have imagined where his future military career would lead him.

He wanted to study architecture at Texas Tech, and his father, a U.S. Army colonel, suggested that he study engineering as well. He pursued a dual degree for his first couple of years, but eventually chose to major in civil engineering.

He said his father encouraged him to join ROTC for scholarships. He applied for and was offered interviews with all the branches but didn’t interview with the Navy because he knew he didn’t want to go that direction. He received scholarships for both Army and Air Force and chose Air Force.

“I don’t think I really appreciated it [ROTC] my first two years,” he says. “I almost quit after the first semester of my freshman year.

“The ROTC cadets tried to really push me to come participate in what they wanted me to participate in. I wasn’t that interested. I had a better group of friends I hung around at Gordon Hall (residence hall).

“I came home at Christmas and talked to my dad about it. The other part, too, was we had to dress in our uniforms on Thursdays. There were only seven freshman cadets on scholarship so in all my freshman classes, I stood out like a sore thumb.

“My dad said to me, ‘All you have to do is go to class and the lab.’’’

At his father’s urging, Brown remained in the program going to class, lab, and continuing to be a member of Sabre Flight Drill Team, a prestigious honor guard that strives to produce military leaders. He was head cadet his senior year and was a distinguished graduate of Air Force ROTC. It was at Texas Tech that he first realized the importance of his role as a leader. It was apparent when his peers chose him to serve as president of his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

He also saw that his positive influence encouraged his younger sister, Stephanie Brown, and younger brother, Kevin Brown, to follow him to Texas Tech University. Stephanie earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1986 and master’s degree in mass communications in 1987. Kevin earned a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1989.

Thinking back to his time as a cadet, he especially enjoyed attending ROTC Camp and meeting people from other universities. During that event, he experienced the highlight of his time as a cadet.

“That’s when I rode in a T-37 and got to fly a bit,” he says. “That really changed my perspective.”

Brown poses with his wife – Sharene – and their two sons.

Brown’s father delivers the oath of office during Brown’s military commissioning ceremony in 1984.

Brown grills at his residence in Washington, D.C.; Brown is an avid BBQ chef, and his favorite is smoking brisket.

Gen. Brown’s father – retired Army Col. Charles Q. Brown, Sr. – poses as a lieutenant in 1963.

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Brown, Sharene and their sons pose in front of a P-51 Mustang, the same aircraft flown by the famous Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.

Once Brown caught the aviation bug after that flight in a training aircraft, he went full speed ahead toward becoming a pilot.

In December 1984, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. After a few months, Brown then went to undergraduate pilot training in Arizona graduating in April 1986 with an assignment to fly F-16s.

“Once in the Air Force, I did fairly well in flight training,” he recalls. However, when I got my initial F-16 assignment, I had my mission qualification check ride and failed it. I had to repeat the check ride. I passed the second time, but barely.”

The experience was a watershed moment that motivated Brown, an aspiring fighter pilot, to work even harder.

“I had a good attitude about it and felt I was going to get better. I really pushed myself; that’s kind of how I’ve done it throughout my career. We all have those moments. It’s not so much that you have setbacks, but it’s how you respond and react when you do.”

And respond well, did he ever.

After completing his initial F-16 assignment at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, he went to Homestead AFB, Florida, and became an F-16 instructor pilot and flight examiner. He then attended the highly selective U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, returning to Homestead before being moving to Nellis AFB, Nevada, to serve as an F-16 Weapons School instructor.

As an F-16 fighter pilot, Brown has logged more than 2,900 flight hours including 130 in combat during several tours of duty. He is rated as a command pilot having flown 17 additional fixed and rotary-wing aircraft in addition to the F-16.

Brown’s successful outstanding flight record, as well as his aeronautical, strategic and leadership training, led to a number of his notable staff tours including Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group; and Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command.

Brown also held key command positions at every level. He has commanded a fighter squadron, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, fighter wings in Korea and Italy, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, and prior to his current position, he was commander of Pacific Air Forces, Air Component Commander for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. During his command tours, he led combat air operations

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Brown speaks with cadets during a roundtable discussion at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Senior Air Force and Space Force leaders were at the academy to attend the CORONA Fall executive conference.

in Libya, Afghanistan and for the Defeat ISIS campaign in Iraq and Syria.

His education continued beyond his time at Texas Tech. In 1994, he completed his Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida. He attended Air Force and joint developmental education opportunities to include being a Distinguished Graduate of Air Command and Staff College. He also served as a National Defense Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia.

His many military honors, too many to list them all, include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star. He also received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and Meritorious Service Medal.

In 2011, the Texas Tech Alumni Association named him a Distinguished Alumnus, the highest honor bestowed on an alumnus.

“I had a good attitude about it and felt I was going to get better. I really pushed myself; that’s kind of how I’ve done it throughout my career. We all have those moments. It’s not so much that you have setbacks, but it’s how you respond and react when you do.”

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Sharene – Brown’s wife – places his new chief of staff cover on him during a transition ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Aug. 6, 2020. Brown replaced Gen. David L. Goldfein as the 22nd Air Force chief of staff.

That focus and discipline the general displayed in college has been vital to his success as a pilot. It is equally, if not more, important to his steady climb to becoming the highest-ranking uniformed member of the U.S. Air Force.

Aside from the rigors of military life and duty, family life is of utmost importance to the general.

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Brown greets Tuskegee Airmen Inc. members after a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial, Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 14, 2021. Brown was presented with the Red Jacket, making him an honorary Tuskegee Airman.

Fast forward to 2020 — Brown’s nomination and confirmation as the chief of staff of the Air Force took place. The historic move made him the first African American to hold the position as a service chief and one of two to become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Brown received another fitting honor this past August when he participated in the Red Jacket ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Red Jacket ceremony is the official event that recognized Brown as an Honorary Tuskegee Airmen. The esteemed organization made up primarily of African American pilots and airmen fought in World War II and paved the way for integration of the military.

Though it’s been many years since his days on the Texas Tech University campus, not a day goes by that Brown doesn’t think back to those four-and-a-half years in Lubbock. During that time, an appreciation for precision and detail was instilled in him. He has carried many things he learned in college into his career, including how he wears his uniform still today.

That focus and discipline the general displayed in college has been vital to his success as a pilot. It is equally, if not more, important to his steady climb to becoming the highest-ranking uniformed member of the U.S. Air Force.

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“When I was a one-star, stationed at MacDill AFB in Tampa, it was Sunday dinner, and I’ll never forget, I was talking to our boys, (Sean and Ross)” he says.“While they were growing up, we moved often, and they were bounced around a lot. I was just trying to make a decision, and I asked them if I should retire and settle down. Both of them said,‘Dad, you should keep going.’

I appreciated them saying that. I do appreciate their support.

“I joke that each day, my wife, Sharene, signs my permission slip to allow me to go to work at the Pentagon. She could’ve said, ‘I’ve had enough. I’ve seen enough. Let’s do something else.’

“She has sacrificed for my career, but she also understands the impact that the two of us have together.”

Leading an Air Force of approximately 680,000 is daunting and requires much energy and focus. However, Brown recognizes that personal downtime is necessary for balance. He enjoys working out five or six days a week, calling it his “little bit of me time” to relax.

He also is a consummate outdoor chef who cooks on a smoker he bought on end-of-the-season clearance at Kmart.

He calls smoking “one of his passions.”

“I’ve had it for 26 years or so now. It’s been all over the world with me. Typically, brisket is my favorite thing to smoke, being from Texas. I also do baby back ribs and then turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas.”

Brown readily admits one of his favorite perks of serving in the Air Force is traveling and living abroad. He has been stationed in five countries and travelled to all seven continents.

“After living in Italy for a couple of years, with a winery around every corner, my wife and I have kind of become wine connoisseurs. We’ve also turned into a bit of a foodie,” he says.

That broad view of life is part of the reason Brown is a successful leader. His interest in the world around him and the people he encounters enriches his abilities to assess and understand human nature.

“Sometimes, I pinch myself about living this life,”he concludes.

Jake Baker, a student in the 2017 Adventure Media program, photographs a Big Bend Ranch State Park sunrise near South Leyva camp.

THE MOST IMP ORTANT CLASS

BY JEROD FOSTER , PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE AND ASSISTANT DEAN FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

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n a steep gravel ascent up the eastern edge of the Llano Estacado, eight Texas Tech students search for a place to get the shot. The road is a thin vein of caliche that meanders north from Highway 256 through the historic JA Ranch to Highway 207 north of Palo Duro Canyon. The climb is called Koogle Jump-Off — named after a man who leapt from his mule-drawn wagon as its brakes failed on the descent — and the students are set, ready for some action.

The “action” is a small band of dirt road cyclists — myself, writer Brandon Weaver and photographer Justin Rex — halfway into a 400-mile-long gravel tour of the Texas Panhandle and about to tackle the most challenging section of the route, climbing where Koogle descended. The students know it’s going to be a tough go for us, and they wait with their cameras, ready to capture our suffering for a two-part documentary series called The 806.

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We start our climb and immediately see the students, some in the middle of the road far up the road, others lying down in the bar ditch shooting from a low angle as we roll by. The grade goes nearly vertical and the suffering begins. Students walk faster than we’re pedaling, and many that we passed at the bottom are starting to catch up with us. One moves in close to film tight shots of our faces, our hands, our tires. Another films from the middle of the road, splitting our formation. A drone buzzes overhead, shooting us amidst that ever-expansive conjoining of rolling plains and caprock country. The students are just as focused on their work as the riders are pushing upward. They are in the creative zone.

We make it to the top of the Jump-Off. No mules went over the edge. The riders take a break, the students keep shooting. They’re working hard, documenting, telling the story of adventure travel in the Texas Panhandle, a place not well known for gravel cycling, let alone bikepacking.

The early spring winds blow through us now that we’re atop the Llano, and we draft one of the student’s pickup trucks as we ride to meet the rest of the class who have been filming scenics of Palo Duro.

It’s close to sunset when we meet them. Some of them are eating sausage wraps they just made, others chew on energy bars, and there’s always a honey bun in the mix.

This is a motley film crew, but they are thriving on the road, immersing themselves in the places they visit, the activity their documenting and their storytelling practice.

This is the Adventure Media class.

My teaching partner, Justin Keene, Ph.D., and I visit with our students about the day’s work, we answer some production questions and outline tomorrow’s objectives. Most of the class will follow Keene to camp

Top: Kristin Abrahamson, a student in 2018’s Adventure Media program, looks for the shot in Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area near Ruidoso, New Mexico.

Middle: Program co-instructor Justin Keene, Ph.D., leads a group of 2018 Adventure Media participants against a backdrop of Sierra Blanca and the mountains that surround Ruidoso, New Mexico.

Bottom: Night class held at a Caprock Canyons State Park campsite.

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This is a motley film crew, but they are thriving on the road, immersing themselves in the places they visit, the activity their documenting and their storytelling practice.

at Lake Mackenzie tonight, but as we ride the last 40 miles of the day, a small group stays with us, continuing to document our tour into the night until we get to camp just south of Amarillo. Three days down, two big ones remain to get back to Lubbock.

In 2014, I taught the first iteration of Adventure Media in the College of Media & Communication’s Creative Media Industries program. The class introduces students interested in outdoor and travel media production to related segments of the media and marketing industries, areas I’m fortunate to also work in frequently as a photographer. The first class met twice a week, hosted several field trips, and for all intents and purposes, was a success and students learned from the experience. However, I felt the students were somewhat limited in what they could do given the traditional schedule. So, when Dr. Keene and I partnered on a Spring 2017 version, we proposed an all-weekend and Spring Break class schedule to host something truly unique — a class where students were immersed in the field production experience while participating in a challenging backcountry bikepacking expedition.

Since 2017, Adventure Media has held to this schedule (or close to it) and structure. Students from across the university apply, interview and, if selected, are accepted to the program during the fall. Classes start the first Saturday morning of the spring semester.

Instead of meeting in a classroom, students layer up and jump on mountain bikes, using class time to not only discuss storytelling and production practices in the outdoors media market, but to also prepare for their own bikepacking trip during Spring Break. During this time, they will work as a team to produce stories of various kinds pointed at outdoor travel, culture and conservation. It’s not easy, and more than a few scrapes and bruises have been earned

Top: Students in the Adventure Media program spend a cold morning in class riding rural roads near Southland, Texas.

Middle: Ian Smith frames up a shot above Madrid Falls in 2019’s Adventure Media expedition to Big Bend Ranch State Park.

Bottom: During production, students work from sun up to sundown, which often pays off for them visually.

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Guest expert and adventure travel writer Brandon Weaver stops his ride during 2021’s Adventure Media program to allow a small herd of heifers cross a road in the eastern edge of Palo Duro Canyon.

along the way. Students work harder in this class than they may ever have in their life for something, but the result is a celebration of their efforts and a contribution to the media world and experience economies.

Experiential education weds industry practice and academic learning, and this is as close to the real world as we can take our students without giving them a paycheck. Classes partner with different industry organizations or media outlets on the work each produces every spring. Students have worked at all levels, from local retail production to regional tourism to international travel publication. Students have produced documentaries about adventure travel, diversity and public lands in Big Bend Ranch State Park, outdoor tourism collateral for Discover Ruidoso, episodes for a Redbull-ranked podcast and had their work and efforts published on Bikepacking.com, local newspapers and showcased at international environmental storytelling conferences.

From still photography to highly cinematic short films, our students’ commitment to an intense schedule of storytelling production creates the work and experiences that bolster their portfolios and their industry marketability.

At the same time, they grow as people, value teamwork, push themselves out of their comfort zones and transform their lives and the lives of others around them. Students have taught themselves how to ride bicycles for this class, they’ve spent their first-ever nights of camping in below-freezing temperatures and cheered each other on while pedaling up desert mountains on impossible trails.

These experiences that are necessary to the practical function of the program

Elysa Naranjo bikepacks along the Caprock Canyons State Park Trailway during 2021’s Adventure Media program.

Master’s student Madison Walker, an undergraduate of the Adventure Media program, crosses a flooded creek that feeds the Brazos River near Southland, Texas.

Students in the 2021 Adventure Media program form a close group to ride into heavy headwinds along the Caprock Canyons State Park Trailway.

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Students walk their bikepacking rigs through the Clarity Tunnel on the Caprock Canyons State Park Trailway.

grow the person doing the work. They help transform a person slightly reticent about their abilities into confident advocates for active outdoor lifestyles, into stewards of our natural resources and, above all, into community and cultural leaders.

It’s about as different a class experience as you can get, and yet, the difference elevates each of the students in many ways, both inside and outside Texas Tech University, and both professional and personally.

As my good friend and colleague, Brandon Weaver, says of his partnership with Adventure Media over the past three years: “This may be the most important class at any university system out there.”

Dr. Keene and I are grateful for his sentiment, and at the same time, we like to think that this type of course has always been vital to higher education, as well as what represents its future. We hope the class changes students’ lives, too, because it changes ours each time we teach it.

As the 2021 Adventure Media students returned to Lubbock two days after perching on top of Koogle Jump-Off and looking out over some of the most historic lands in North American history, they finished their production of The 806. Tired from the road, long days behind the cameras, manning the microphones and sleeping on the ground, they’re ready for a shower, a hot meal and a bed. They’ve earned it. They’re done with the hard part of the class, but tomorrow they’ll wake up feeling accomplished. A week later, they’ll feel a longing to hit the road again!

Students in the 2021 Adventure Media program work on their videography skillset while riding in a late winter dust storm.

Graduate students Dylan Davidson and Madison Walker climb out of the landscape at Caprock Canyons State Park near Quitaque, Texas.

For more information or to watch the video for the Adventure Media class, scan the QR code.

Adventure Media co-instructor Jerod Foster, Ph.D., is interviewed for The Most Important Class.

Master’s student Dylan Davidson films one of Caprock Canyons State Park’s bison for The Most Important Class, a behind-the-scenes documentary about the 2021 Adventure Media program.

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GOWN + TOWN

COMPILED BY JEAN ANN CANTORE

Whether you live in Lubbock or just come back to visit, look for a feature called “Gown + Town” in each issue. This section highlights a special place or event in the Lubbock area that mustn’t be missed.

The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts

BY LYNDSEY WALTON, EVENTS AND MARKETING COORDINATOR | PHOTOS COURTESY OF LHUCA

T H E LO U I S E H O P K I N S U N D E RWO O D C E N T E R for

the Arts (LHUCA) began as the Lubbock Regional Arts Center (LRAC) in 1997. The City of Lubbock deeded the downtown vacant Fire Department Administration Building to LRAC in 2000, in alignment with its goal to create an arts and entertainment district in the downtown area. A capital campaign was launched, and the facility was enlarged and renovated between 2003 and 2005.

LRAC was renamed the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in honor of its co-founder in 2004.

Today, LHUCA is recognized as a driving force behind the Downtown Lubbock revitalization plan, using the arts to stimulate economic development. LHUCA has a broadbased constituency, partly because its staff

The LHUCA

organizes the First Friday Art Trail, a 15-year community-wide event that brings 5,000 plus people each month to the LHUCA campus.

The center also partners with numerous departments at Texas Tech University, local nonprofits and local K-12 programs. Each year, 55,000 people benefit from the center’s programs and services.

Other programs of LHUCA include OneBook LBK, a community One Read program; Flatland Film Festival which is entering its 18th year of bringing dynamic film programming to the South Plains; Saturdays at LHUCA, which includes “The Art and Life of” lecture series by Christian Conrad, Ph.D.: Artful Family Hours; Tai Chi in the Gallery and Sound Immersion and Meditation.

LHUCA’s Healing Arts program has been expanded in the past year through offering guided tours of the galleries, demos in the Clay Studio and hands-on art classes to partner organizations including High Point Village, Lubbock Children’s Home, Foster-a-Life, CASA, Big Brothers Big Sisters Lubbock and Texas Boys Ranch.

Youth engagement has been expanded by new offerings of Spring Break and Summer Camp for kids from 5-12 years old. At LHUCA’s Creative Camps, kids engage in theatre and improv lessons, clay and ceramics projects, visual arts projects and gallery tours.

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The center also partners with numerous departments at Texas Tech University, local nonprofits, and local K-12 programs. Each year, 55,000 people benefit from the center’s programs and services.

A light-filled gallery

Creating in the Clay Studio

Classes for all ages

The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts 511 Avenue K, Lubbock, 79401 (806) 762-8606 Current hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Masks are recommended.

LHUCA supports six resident organizations by providing rehearsal and performance space: Ballet Folklorico Fiesta del Sol, Flatland Dance Theatre, Hub City Contra, Outpost Repertory Theatre, and Will of the Wind Productions. LHUCA also works with community groups such as Lubbock Community Theatre, Hub Theatre Group and TTU School of Theatre and Dance. In 2018, the center hosted 10 full productions in the Firehouse and Icehouse Theatres.

LHUCA’s main building houses four art gallery spaces that host more than 20 exhibitions annually, featuring regional, national and international artists.

Concerts, dance, theatrical and film programs are held in the 159-seat Firehouse Theatre. The Clay Studio has the best-equipped community facilities in the region. In addition, the campus contains the multipurpose Christine DeVitt Icehouse, the Graffiti Education Building and an outdoor plaza with a stage.

LHUCA acknowledges with profound gratitude the vital role that The CH Foundation continues to play in its growth and development.

To learn more about LHUCA and upcoming programs and to get involved with the center, please visit lhuca.org.

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Postcards from the Past

BY JENNIFER SPURRIER, Ed.D., ASSOCIATE DEAN OF LIBRARIES, SOUTHWEST COLLECTION/SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

AT THE SOUTHWEST COLLECTION/SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY , there exist

what are referred to as “reference files.” Some other places call them vertical files, and some newspapers call them morgue files.

What is a reference file? At the SWC/SCL, a reference file may contain information about a person, place or subject, or it may “refer” the patron elsewhere. For example, there could be an obituary in the file of a person or a copy of an oral history abstract.

Files can range from feast to famine. Some files may only have one item in them, while other files are actually several files. Reference files are often a good starting point for researchers. The reference page describes them as “Materials in the files include newspaper clippings, obituaries and genealogies, brochures, programs, tourist/ travel information, biographies, inventories to Southwest Collection microfilm and manuscript collections, oral history abstracts, and cross-references to related topics.”

Why introduce the reference files? Simply because there is a section of the SWC/SCL reference files devoted to Texas Tech.

Within the Texas Tech reference files, there are a host of topics.

There are files for various colleges that have material such as brochures and newspaper articles. There are files related to TTU sports — men’s and women’s. Several folders are related to various student organizations.

There are reference files related to the Library; one includes newsletters. Two other files related to the Library include brochures and pamphlets. More folders are dedicated to the Southwest Collection. In one of these folders, there is a copy of the program from the current building opening titled, “Dedication Program: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library April 1-4, 1997.” Yet another folder is titled “TTU: Carol of Lights.” In this reference file, there is a program titled, “Golden Moments: Carol of Lights Friday, Dec. 7, 1984.” These are but a few of the hundreds of reference files related to Texas Tech.

It is important to note that the reference files are always changing.

New files are added, materials are added to the files, sometimes files are combined. The listing of the files on SWC/SCL website is updated periodically. This list is merely a list of the files: nothing has been digitized. Listings on the reference file page may list a file or may point to another file.

At the first of the Texas Tech reference files is a file labeled “Texas Tech University – Postcards.” In this file, there are more than a dozen postcards. Most of the postcards are blank, thus never used, but a couple were used. These items include information such as to and from. These also have stamps and postmarks.

One postcard is postmarked Sept. 2, 1943. This postcard actually is a booklet that contains a total of 10 postcard-size images of Texas Technological College. Inside of this booklet there are a few paragraphs about the college. The second paragraph in part reads:

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Postcards are still around today, but most folks just take photos with their phones. Yet, early postcards remind us of a time before there was the luxury of technology and present us with a glimpse of images from bygone days.

‘The College is located at Lubbock, Texas, in the South Plains area of the State of Texas; at an elevation of 3200 feet. The main College Campus comprises approximately 320 acres, leaving 1,688 acres of excellent farm land for the use of the Division of Agriculture of the College. More than 25 principal buildings are situated on the main Campus, which is located at the western edge of the city of Lubbock.’

The last paragraph explains that the initial enrollment in 1925, was 1,379, but now enrolls more than 7,000. The images are of buildings such as the Home Economics Practice House, the Library, and the Press Building. This postcard booklet is credited as: Published by The Texas Tech College Bookstore,“On the Campus” Lubbock, Texas.

Out of curiosity, I made a quick trip to the current bookstore located in the SUB (a.k.a. the UC), to see if there were any postcards.

There were not, but they did have TTU thank you cards, calendars, magnets and decals.

Throughout various collections at the SWC/SCL there are also postcards, but the reference file offers some great examples of Texas Tech over the years. There are some postcards that may be seen online within some of the digital collections. Several are found in “Red Raider Retrospectives, 1920s-Present” and others are located in various photograph collections. Postcards are still around today, but most folks just take photos with their phones. Yet, early postcards remind us of a time before there was the luxury of technology and present us with a glimpse of images from bygone days.

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The 1923 Society – Greater Emphasis on Alumni Support

BY JEAN ANN CANTORE

The year 1923 holds special meaning for Red Raiders. Most alumni recognize it is when Texas Technological College was founded. However, 1923 now has additional significance as the Texas Tech Alumni Association’s latest membership level — the 1923 Society.

Minimum annual membership for the Society is $1,000, and members at the TTAA Gold, Platinum and Diamond levels automatically belong to this prestigious group of donors. The clever story behind the name makes it even more memorable.

“When we were discussing a name for this group, we considered how much it would cost someone to spread out the $1,000 membership into payments,” says Curt Langford, president & CEO of the Texas Tech Alumni Association.“We determined that you could belong to the society for as little as $19.23 a week ($83.33 monthly). How ironic that a weekly payment reflects the same numbers as our university’s founding year.”

All Society members receive a welcome package with a membership certificate, lapel pin and car decal. They are recognized prominently in the Texas Techsan magazine and also receive invitations to special 1923 Society events along with communications aimed toward members.

“Those signing up through Feb. 10, 2023, Texas Tech’s Centennial, will be recognized as charter members of the 1923 Society and receive a special personalized certificate from the TTAA,” Langford adds.

Society members enjoy invitations to events such as breakfasts before each home football game. Guest speakers for the inaugural breakfasts this fall have included University President Lawrence Schovanec, Ph.D.; Chancellor Tedd Mitchell, M.D.; Coach Mark Adams; Coach Krista Gerlich and Athletics Director Kirby Hocutt. Such events encourage building alumni relationships with the university and other alumni.

“This society does two things,” says Jim Douglass, vice president, development, of the Texas Tech Alumni Association.

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“First, we want to shine an even brighter light on people who support the alumni association in a more significant way. Second, the society provides additional funds for the association to give more — and larger — scholarships to deserving students.

“Sixty years ago, when we established the Century Club with a minimum of $100 to join, it was the ultimate giving level and had membership perks such as the Century Club Dinner. We now want to motivate people who already give to TTAA to add just a little more to elevate their memberships to the 1923 Society, today’s top level.”

Proceeds from Society memberships go toward the alumni association’s mission of supporting the university with scholarships, Excellence Grants, Raider Roadshows, Summer Showcase, Legacy U and the Techsan Connection networking platform. TTAA sponsors the Distinguished Alumni, Distinguished Service, Lauro F. Cavazos, Raider on the Rise Award for alumni, the Brent Ross Fearless Champion Award for undergraduates, as well the Top Techsan Awards for university staff and New Faculty Awards.

By becoming part of the 1923 Society, the new exclusive membership level of the Texas Tech Alumni Association, you provide an annual membership of a minimum of $1,000 that will enable the TTAA to do bigger and better things for Texas Tech University.

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History In The Making

BY JENNIFER RITZ | PHOTOS BY HOPE HUNEKE

The Oct. 7, 2021, Texas historical marker dedication for the Texas Tech Alumni Association’s McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center was almost four years in the making. Two employees of the Alumni Association worked on the project: Jean Ann Cantore and Chris Snead.

“I came up with the idea as I was driving to work one morning,” says Snead.“I was noticing all of the historical signs along 19th Street and wondering why those could be recognized but not the former Texas Tech University President Lawrence President’s Schovanec speaks at the dedication.

Home.”

Snead approached Cantore with the idea. She recognized that the recording of places and organizations helps to preserve their history and agreed the McKenzie-Merket should have an official historical designation. She notes that any details about the Texas Tech Alumni Association’s growth, value and meaning could be lost or forgotten if not recorded somewhere. In addition, obtaining official historical status of an organization such as TTAA elevates its importance and makes it more visible.

“Chris and I met with (Dr.) Sandy Fortenberry, president of the Lubbock County Historical Commission, and Sally Abbe, one of the board members, to discuss how to proceed,”explains Cantore, editor of the Texas Techsan magazine.“Because the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center had been expanded and remodeled so much, the building itself no longer qualified for a Texas Historical Marker. However, as Sandy and Sally suggested, we could pursue a Texas Historical Subject Marker that recognized the Texas Tech Alumni Association as an organization (subject).”

Cantore says the first steps were writing the narrative about the association’s history and filling out an application.

Once those two items were approved by the Lubbock County Historical Commission, they were passed along to the state organization.

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“The Texas Historical Commission accepted the request; a limited number of requests are approved each year,” says Cantore.“The next step was to write the text for the Texas Historical Subject Marker itself. In the meantime,the commission discovered that the 100-year-old foundry that produced all the state’s historical markers was closing. Getting the marker made was delayed for months while the commission found another foundry.

The marker finally was going to be made, but then COVID-19 struck, further delaying the process.”

Once the marker was completed, it was placed at the main entrance of the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center, west of the popular official class ring sculpture.

In the background, spectators enjoy viewing the full-size, loaded Chevrolet pickup to be awarded to the hole-inone winner.

COVID FAILS TO DIMINISH FORGING FUTURES GOLF CLASSIC ’21

BY TOM HUTTON | PHOTOS BY MIGUEL LECUONA THE 3RD ANNUAL FORGING FUTURES GOLF CLASSIC took place April 26, 2021, at the prestigious Boot Ranch Golf Course in Fredericksburg, Texas. This year’s tournament enjoyed increased numbers of golf teams over last year’s, plus a newly introduced putting tournament.

The golf tourney proved highly successful with its Peoria scoring and four-person scramble format. In addition to taking place at a Top 10 Texas private golf course, the event featured skeet shooting, a bow and arrow competition, many hole sponsors with food and beverage offerings and longest drive and closest-to-the-pin contests. No one won the hole-in-one contest, featuring the prize of a full-size, loaded Chevrolet Pickup truck or vehicle of similar value.

(Perhaps next year, you could win it.)

COVID-19 forced postponement of the Celebration Dinner until Nov. 6, 2021. The event was held at the beautiful Vista Oaks Events Center, complete with a seated dinner, live auction, online auction and entertainment by Dave Halston’s “Tribute to Sinatra.” All proceeds benefited the Fredericksburg Texas Tech Regional Teaching Site and the Hill Country University Center. The total preliminary net from the two events was about $156,000.

Planning is underway for the 4th Annual Forging Futures Golf Classic and Celebration Dinner, once again to be at the lovely Vista Oaks on April 24, 2022, with the golf tourney held the next day at Boot Ranch Golf Course. A full breakfast will be provided prior to the tourney, and substantial food and beverage offerings will be available on the course.

A four-person scramble format will be offered again, with an awards ceremony and cocktail party following the golf outing. The highly successful putting tournament will take place the afternoon of April 24, allowing ample time to dress for the Celebration Dinner that evening.

Red Raiders, along with the general public, are invited to participate. Online registration can be made at ForgingFuturesClassic.org or by calling (361) 4456840. Register individually or sign up your golf team and support Texas Tech in the Hill Country. We promise a great weekend of fun activities to support the scarlet and black.

1st Place team (from left) Bobby Watson, Martin Kuyendall, Jeremiah Sablatura

Golfers enjoy the Boot Ranch Golf Course in the beautiful Texas Hill Country.

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Carroll Family Bricks at Frazier Alumni Pavilion CURT LANGFORD

The Carroll Family’s 16 Bricks Our Family Forever Red Raiders

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Shane Adams Dec 1993 BBA Finance

Karen Carroll Retired 2014 Psychological Sciences David Carroll Dec 1986 Bach of Architecture Dennis Carroll May 1987 BS Computer Science Dennis Carroll May 1989 MS Computer Science Dennis Carroll Dec 1991 PHD Computer Science

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Ashley Adams May 2017 BS Animal Science Rachel Carroll May 2018 Bach of Interior Design 2021 – 2022 Ashley Adams Masked Rider Justin Adams May 2021 BS Kinesiology CURT LANGFORD

Donald Carroll May 1992 BS Electrical Eng

Diane Adams Aug 1999 MS Env Design

Members of the family of Karen Carroll and her late husband, Orand Carroll, celebrated being Red Raiders with 16 personalized bricks placed beside the Frazier Alumni Pavilion.

The family gathered for the brick unveiling Nov. 12 after the Texas Tech University vs.

Stephen F. Austin State University football game. Karen and her four children, sons David, Dennis and Donald Carroll, and daughter, Diane Carroll Adams, and some of their spouses, and several of Karen’s grandchildren, have bricks.

The family includes current graduate student Ashley Adams, a 2017 graduate of animal science, graduate student, and the 2021-2022 Masked Rider. She and the Masked Rider horse, Fearless Champion, have a brick together near the Masked Rider statue and also attended the event.

In the top photo, are, front row from left: Karen Carroll; Amy Carroll, wife of Dennis; Diane Carroll Adams and Amber Adams daughter of Diane and Shane, a senior in animal science planning to pursue her doctorate. Second row, from left, are Dennis Carroll, Ph.D.; Zachary Carroll, son of Dennis and Amy, high school sophomore and future Red Raider; Berkeley Adams, daughter of Diane and Shane and Texas Tech senior in media & communication; Justin Adams, son of Diane and Shane; Shane Adams and recent graduate; Ashley Adams, daughter of Diane and Shane, graduate from animal science, current graduate student and Masked Rider, aboard Fearless Champion. Third row is David Carroll.

In the bottom photo, Fearless Champion admires the bricks along with the family.

Not pictured are Donald Carroll; his wife, Clare Carroll, and their three children, Sean, Taylor and Rachel, all all Texas Tech University graduates.

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Texas Tech Alumni Association Announces 2021 Excellence Grant Recipients The 2021 Excellence Grant recipients are the TTU School of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Physics & Astronomy in the College of Arts & Sciences.

The School of Veterinary Medicine will apply the school’s Excellence Grant funds to purchase veterinary and comparative models and supplies from the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System to develop lessons for students in under-resourced schools and provide relevant, fun and hands-on educational experiences that blend art, science, comparative anatomy and career investigation.

For the Department of Physics & Astronomy, the funds made possible by the Excellence Grant will be used to initiate the Night Sky For All program and replace two outdated imaging detectors with top-of-the-line cameras allowing undergraduate students enrolled in the observational astronomy course to obtain photometric data in the near UV, optical and near IR part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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A group of friends who attended Texas Tech University together hold an annual reunion. They met in Lubbock this year for the Kansas State game and also enjoyed seeing all the changes to campus. From left are Mollie Renforth, Michelle Richburg, Carolyn Sparkes, Sharon McKinnon, Holly Copeland, Monticia Sauer, Bitsy Culberson, Robin Young and Christy Milton. All are loyal supporters of the TTAA.

The Rockwall, Texas, Chapter held a Happy Hour at Rockwall’s Siren Rock Brewery Sept. 21. Top photo, from left, are Becky Welch, Margie Hooper, Randy Heinrich, Alan Welch and Drew Brown. Bottom photo, from left, are Lauren Hooper, Dan Rief, Stewart Storms, Brady Hill, Savannah Hill and Scotty Lovett.

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Homecoming 2021, Oct. 4-9 1. Donovan Satchell and Channing Wicks were named 2021 Homecoming King and Queen.

Satchell, from Wylie, Texas, is the first Black Texas Tech Homecoming King. He is a global studies and general studies major representing Arts & Sciences Ambassadors. Wicks, from Lubbock, is a graphic design major representing Chi Omega.

2. Texas Tech Alumni Association recognized recipients of their annual awards as well as some outgoing national board members on the football field. They are listed from left.

Bill Brown ’74, ’76, outgoing board member, former TTAA board chair and chair of the Finance Committee and Endowment Trust during his 21 years 3 of service.

Cory Powell ’96, ’21, Distinguished Service Award honoree; 21-year Texas Tech employee who is director, Equity & Inclusion Champion, TTU Office of Institutional Diversity; founder and director of Mentor Tech for 17 years.

Staci Hernandez, M.D. ’99, ’03; chairelect of the TTAA National Board.

Robert Taylor ’71; Lauro F. Cavazos Award honoree, recently retired as United Supermarkets CEO who remains involved in the company; longtime Texas Tech supporter.

Randy Golden ’77, outgoing chair of the TTAA National Board.

Bobby Waddle ’55, Distinguished Service Award honoree; Veteran Advocate and ex-officio TTAA National Board Member; active in the association for 49 years. Retired U.S, Air Force colonel with 30 years of service.

Curt Langford ’90, ’97, president and CEO, Texas Tech Alumni Association.

Malone Graham, a May 2023 graduate, is the Brent Ross Fearless Champion Award honoree; junior journalism student with a minor in creative media industries and public relations, as well as a sports media certificate.

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3. Former and current TTAA National Board members enjoyed a reception Thursday evening at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion. Randy Golden, 2021 board chair, gave 2021 board members a personalized brick at the pavilion with their names and years of service as a thank you for serving during his tenure.

4. Red Raider employees of Curtis Group Architects of Dallas, Texas, attended the Oct. 9 unveiling of a bench listing all Texas Tech graduates employed by the firm since its founding in 1996 until its merger in 2019. Firm founders are Thomas Curtis ’80, past president, College of Architecture Alumni Board, and College of Architecture Distinguished Alumnus, 2013, and his wife, Gloria Curtis’79, member, TTU Interior Design Advisory Board. Curtis is center, in white, and his wife is to his left.

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The area of campus just west of Indiana Avenue and a couple of blocks north of 19th Street has been referred to as “Aggie Row,” “the polo grounds” and other terms. The trees still stand in two rows, but their surroundings are very different today than they were in this photo from the 1961 “La Ventana.” PHOTO RESEARCHED BY JEAN ANN CANTORE

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1977 THOMAS C. “TOM” SELLERS (BS ’77 Agricultural Education) Sulphur Springs, Texas, has been inducted as chairman of the board for the Independent Bankers Association of Texas.

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1984 LARRY G. AUTREY (BBA Accounting, BBA Finance) Westlake, Texas, has been named to “Accounting Today’s Managing Partner Elite List.” Larry is a managing partner at Whitley Penn and has more than 30 years of tax, advisory and

business valuation experience focused on public and private clients. He is the chair of North America for Nexia International, the former chairman for the Major Firms Group, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants to name a few. To be eligible for the list, managing partners must have been in their role for a minimum of four years. His wife is Tiffany.

LISA M. SAXENIAN (BS Secondary Education) Waco, Texas, has been promoted to principal at Waco High School. She began her career

BOOKS DONALD G. HUNT, M.D. (BA ’61 Chemistry) Horseshoe Bay, Texas, has written the book “God Does Not Play Dice: A Paradigm to Creation, Culture and Creator.” In this volume, he examines theoretical physicist Albert Einstein’s beliefs about the origin of the universe. The book title is attributed to Einstein. In the book, Donald notes, “An atheist’s view of the Universe is that it came into existence based on random unpredictability, or chance. But Einstein had observed ‘a Universe of perfect order; there is nothing random about it.’ And to this he quipped, and God does not play dice. God leaves nothing to chance.”Donald also has published a historical novel,“The Journey of Anna Eichenwald,” discussed in the September/August 2019 issue. His wife is Delia.

JERRY HODGE, a friend, Amarillo, Texas, has published his memoir “You’re on, Cowboy!

Taking risks, Taking Names and Knowing When to Fold.” After a lifetime of business building, community leadership, ranching and philanthropy, Hodge recounts his best stories on life, love and business. He was able to grow a local pharmacy from a single storefront in Amarillo, Texas, into a national brand worth millions. He was the city commissioner and mayor for a town he loved dearly, and he might be the only person to go toe-to-toe with both Oprah Winfrey and Boone Pickens and lived to tell about it. When a damning diagnosis left Hodge counting his days and saying his pre-emptive goodbyes, he began evaluating his life through a whole new lens. This book offers a look back at the lessons Jerry learned in life and business – the choices he made, the people who taught him about the meaning of integrity, his proudest achievements and the regrets that will never leave him. His wife is Margaret.

as a Spanish teacher in 1986 and became an assistant principal in 1995. In 1992, Lisa was awarded Waco Independent School District Outstanding Teacher and Region XII Outstanding Teacher. Later in 2007, she was named Region XII Assistant Principal of the Year. Lisa has served Waco Independent School District for 36 years.

1989 SCOTT M. SCHALCHLIN (M.Ed. Educational Psychology, JD ’98 Law) Pflugerville, Texas, has been named to the Texas Health and Human Services leadership team. Scott has served as associate commissioner for the state-supported living centers since 2013.

He has also had various leadership roles over intellectual development and disability community services and wavier programs.

The HHSC leadership team will help guide the agency’s regulatory oversight of licensed facilities, and manage the state’s 10 psychiatric hospitals and 13 state supported living centers.

His wife is Shelly.

1991 U.S. ARMY BRIG. GEN. CLINTON K. MURRAY, M.D. (BS Biochemistry) San Antonio, Texas, has assumed command of Brooke Army Medical Center.

Clinton is an internal medicine physician and has previously served BAMC as chief of the Infectious Disease Service. He was also the program director for the combined Army and Air Force ID Fellowship in San Antonio.

His wife is Lee.

1994 CAMERON W. SAMPLER (BBA Accounting) Southlake, Texas, has joined the Plano office of Whitley Penn as the assurance quality control director. Cameron is a certified public accountant with more than 20 years of experience. He primarily works with clients in banking, retail, manufacturing, technology, professional services and energy industries.

MITCHELL L. ALLEN (MS Mathematics) Southlake, Texas, serves on the 2021-2022 board of directors for the Fort Worth chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization as past president.

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization is a global, peer-to-peer network of more than 14,000 influential business owners with 198 chapters in 61 countries. Mitchell is the founder and Head Elf of Hire Santa, a company that offers

for events,“The best real Santas in the world.”

Mitchell appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank Season, 10 Episode 12 which aired on December 2, 2018 (episode 1012) to promote Hire Santa. His wife is MYSTI B. ALLEN (MA ’98 Mathematics).

1996 LARA DANIEL (BA Public Relations) Conifer, Colorado, is pursuing the Explores Grand Slam: Climbing the Seven Summits and skiing to both the South and North Poles. Her next focus will be on climbing Mount Everest in 2022. She has also volunteered with a wide array of organizations both globally and locally and is a philanthropist. An ardent lover of animals, Lara now has five rescued Alaskan Malamutes and two barn cats.

HUEY M. LEE (MS Business Administration) Lubbock, has been recognized by the Northwest Texas Small Business Development Center at Texas Tech University as the 2021 America’s Small Business Development Center Association’s “State Star.”Huey has been with the NWTSBDC for 25 years. During this time, she served as a senior technology consultant and later became the director of the information technology department. The NWTSBDC State Star selection is based on a peer-selection process that evaluates performance, significant contributions to the individual’s network, and commitment level to American small businesses. Lee is one of only 60 individuals selected nationwide to receive this award.

1997 JENNIFER J. MEHLOW (BA Public Relations) San Diego, California, was promoted to senior public relations manager for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Prior to this appointment, she spent two years as senior production representative working on the first two seasons of the Animal Planet show “The Zoo: San Diego.” The show shares the stories of the conservation work that happens at The San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

2000 KRISTEN B. LOLLAR (BA Public Relations) Little Elm, Texas, has joined the National Professional Advisory Board for the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication. She has served as a mentor through the American Marketing Association DFW Mentor Program and is actively involved with the Association for Accounting Marketing. Kristen currently serves as the chief marketing officer for Whitley Penn, an accounting and consulting

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The 1923 Society recognizes alumni who support the Texas Tech Alumni Association at the highest giving levels. These alumni receive automatic admission into this society at no additional cost. Members receive exclusive access to 1923 Society events and special member-only beneets as a thank you for their continued support.

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DIAMOND [$5,000+ ANNUALLY] Mr. James D. Abbott ’48 Mrs. Jan W. Baca ’70 Dr. Bryant ’95 & Mrs. Whitney Bonner ’96 Mr. Patrick ’06 & Mrs. Cassidy Bryan Lt. Col. Mark H. Bryant ’83 (Ret.) Mr. Ralph ’59 & Mrs. Kay Campbell Mr. Clay ’97 & Mrs. Ashley Cash Mr. Donald ’82 & Mrs. Vicki Chenault ’82 Mr. Holt ’00 & Mrs. Kaye Cowden ’78 Mr. Charles ’59 & Mrs. Barbara Cummings Mr. Mike Davis Mr. Scott Dueser ’75 Mr. Jacob L. Edwards ’10 Mr. Jason & Mrs. Robin Elliott ’95 Mr. Ryan ’04 & Mrs. Alison Ferguson ’03 Mrs. Helen J. Geick ’61 Mr. Christian Hasenoehrl ’92 Mr. Tom ’87 & Mrs. Jerri Jacobs Mr. David ’74 & Mrs. Janis King Mrs. Peggy B. LaFont ’61 The Honorable Charles ’68 & Mrs. Kay Lance ’68 Mr. Rowland C. Lawson ’84 Mr. George ’66 & Mrs. Linda McMahan ’66 Mr. Michael J. McVean ’84 Mr. John ’72 & Mrs. Cindy Middleton Mr. William R. Moler ’88 Mr. Glenn D. Moor ’84 Mr. McCann & Mrs. Margye Northington Mr. S. David ’63 & Mrs. Jeanne Peeler Mrs. Joyce W. Perkins ’64 Mr. John ’71 & Mrs. Ann Redmon ’71 Mr. Jim ’74 & Mrs. Alice Skinner Ms. Anita R. Smith ’63 Mr. Marlis E. Smith ’54 Mr. Tom ’75 & Mrs. Melinda Stacy Mr. Barry ’79 & Mrs. SuDeline Street ’79 Mr. Chase ’05 & Mrs. Rebecca Street ’08 Mr. Randall ’84 & Mrs. Dona Vines ’86 Mr. Ronald ’89 & Mrs. Cindy Webb ’97 Mr. Bryant ’98 & Mrs. Alison Williams Capt. John (Ret.) ’62 & Mrs. Ann Woody

PLATINUM [$2,500-$4,999 ANNUALLY] Mr. Darrell W. Adams ’81 Mr. Grant F. Adamson ’81 Mr. David ’01 & Mrs. Amy Akins ’00 Mr. Casey ’11 & Mrs. Kylee Amis ’10 Mr. Steve F. Armstrong ’70 Mr. Kenneth ’96 & Mrs. Angela Benner ’96 Mr. Charles ’66 & Mrs. Marian Boecking Mr. Steve ’83 & Mrs. Elizabeth Burleson ’84 Mr. Adan ’02 & Mrs. Carmen Cano Mr. Lynn F. Cowden ’80

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Mr. Tim ’81 & Mrs. Annette Culp ’81 Mr. David & Mrs. Lori Davidson ’91 Mr. Cody ’11 & Mrs. Ashley Davis ’12 Mr. Mike ‘74 & Mrs. Celia Davis ’74 Dr. Michael ’73 & Mrs. Ginger Doherty Mr. Toby ’86 & Mrs. Gwendolyn Drake Mr. James ’72 & Mrs. Dinah Gaspard ’72 Mr. Ralph G. Goodlet, Jr. ’82 Mr. Kyle & Mrs. Ashlee Groves ‘07 Mr. Will ’69 & Mrs. Karen Hagood ’71 Mr. Matthew ’01 & Mrs. Rebecca Halbgewachs ’00 Mr. Brian Hawker ’97 & Mr. Andrew Hunter Mr. Michael ’97 & Mrs. Lesley Hedlund ’99 Mr. H. Wayne Henry ’75 Mr. Chad ’99 & Mrs. Heather Henthorn ’00 Mr. Richard ’73 & Mrs. Emilee Hervey Mr. Thomas ’95 & Mrs. Stephanie Hilbun ’95 Mr. Scott & Mrs. Dawna Hilburn ’00 Mr. Thomas ’70 & Mrs. Leslie Hix ’71 Mr. Jeffrey ’80 & Mrs. Karlene Holloman Mr. Don J. Howe ’71 Regent Chris ’91 & Mrs. Robin Huckabee ’92 Mr. Forrest ’91 & Mrs. Kimberly Jackson Mr. Parker ’97 & Mrs. Victoria Johnson Mr. Stephen R. Johnson ’78 Dr. John ’00 & Mrs. Emily Kuczek Mr. Lanny ’77 & Mrs. Joni Layman ’79 Mr. Joe Bob ’70 & Mrs. Jo Mayo ’71 Mr. Mark ’86 & Mrs. Kelly McCormick Mr. Michael ’67 & Mrs. Barbara McKenzie ’68 Mr. M. Ryan ’98 & Mrs. Kathleen McKenzie ’04 Dr. Aaron ’64 & Mrs. Sherri McNeece Mr. Philip ’84 & Mrs. Lamar Meaders ’83 Mr. Eric ’84 & Mrs. Melissa Miller ’84 Mr. Kevin ’92 and The Honorable Ginger Nelson ’92 Ms. Marcia J. Newton Mr. Stephen ’90 & Mrs. Christina Poore Mrs. Mary Jo Price ’53 Mr. David ’91 & Mrs. Cindy Proctor ’90 Mr. Michael ’98 & Mrs. Rebecca Pubentz ’99 Mr. B. Jack ’76 & Mrs. Janet Reed ’71 Ms. Melanie A. Robertson ’05 Dr. Nancy R. Ruff ’69 Mr. J. ’82 & Mrs. Deena Sargent Mr. Robbie ’79 & Mrs. Kathleen Sartain ’79 Mr. Jerry ’52 & Mrs. Maxie Scott Mr. John ’68 & Mrs. Diane Scovell ’68 Mrs. Karen L. Seaberg ’69 Mr. Robert & Mrs. Melinda Sebesta ’83 Ms. Deborah H. Sellers ’88 Mr. Bobby ’80 & Mrs. Sabrina Smith Mr. Garrett ’09 & Mrs. Rachel Stauder Mr. Dale ’65 & Mrs. Cheryl Swinburn Mr. Max ’67 & Mrs. Doris Swinburn

Mr. Fred ’71 & Mrs. Pam Underwood Regent John ’68 & Mrs. Lisa Walker Mr. James ’80 & Mrs. Susan Wedel ’83 Mr. Monty ’85 & Mrs. Becky Whetstone Mr. Edward ’64 & Mrs. Linda Whitacre ’65 Ms. Karen E. White ’81 Mr. William ’99 & Mrs. Jennifer Whitten ’00 Mr. Tom ’85 & Mrs. Molly Williams ’84 Mr. L. E. ’84 & Mrs. Lorie Willis PS Landscapes

GOLD [$1,000-$2,499 ANNUALLY] Mr. Chip ’93 & Mrs. Tiffany Adami ’92 Mr. Robert ’95 & Mrs. Keeley Adcox ’95 Mr. Isaac L. Albarado ’04 Mr. Philip ’93 & Mrs. Michelle Albenice VADM John ’82 & Mrs. Charlotte Alexander ’82 Dr. Richard G. “Wick” Alexander ’58 Mr. Jeffrey ’07 & Mrs. Jearlyn Allen ’04 Mr. Robert & Mrs. Janis Allen Mr. Timothy ’80 & Mrs. Kandee Allen Mr. Ronald ’79 & Mrs. Deidra Althof Ms. Alexis J. Anderson ’74 Mr. Bruce ’91 & Mrs. Melissa Anderson Mr. Jeffrey ’80 & Mrs. Cynthia Anderson ’78 Mr. James ’71 & Mrs. Janet Anderson ’73 Mr. Andrew ’74 & Mrs. Kathy Armstrong Dr. B. Scott ’98 & Mrs. Stephanie Asher ’99 Col. Mario Avila, Jr. ’96 Ms. Mitzi Babka Mr. William ’82 & Mrs. Michelle Bailey Mr. Charles ’73 & Mrs. Leslie Baker Mr. J. H. ’59 & Mrs. Sue Baldwin ’62 Dr. Timothy P. Barkley ’78 Mr. M. Todd ’91 & Mrs. Amy Barnes Mr. Doug ’69 & Mrs. Nancy Barnhart Mr. David Bartsch & Mr. Scott Collen ’89 Mr. Devin & Mrs. Liz Bates ’90 Mr. Eric ’10 & Mrs. Alexis Beam ’08 Mr. Brad T. Beard ’91 Dr. Carl & Mrs. Robin Beard ’12 Mr. Monte ’92 & Mrs. Jennifer Beck ’93 Mr. Monty ’87 & Mrs. Patti Becton Mr. Phillip ’78 & Mrs. Sherry Bell ’77 Mrs. Nelda F. Benninger Mr. Bill ’78 & Mrs. Paula Benton Mr. Oran ’71 & Mrs. Linda Berry ’70 Mr. Brent ’87 & Mrs. Tonya Bertrand Mr. Danny ’75 & Mrs. Terri Bills Mr. Peter S. Boecher ’79 Mr. Russell & Mrs. Jennifer Bols ’92 Mr. William Bomberger ’79 & Ms. Sharon Simandl Mr. James & Mrs. Pegge Breneman ’73 Mr. Clark Briggs ’71 & Mrs. Kay Graham Briggs ’74 Mr. Larry ’69 & Mrs. Judith Britton

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT! Mr. E. R. ’61 & Mrs. Martha Brooks Mr. Joe & Mrs. Melanie Brooks Mr. Bill ’74 & Mrs. Karen Brown Mr. Eddie ’60 & Mrs. Billie Brown Mr. Robert ’59 & Mrs. Elena Brown Mr. Jeffry ’11 & Mrs. Julie Brunson Mr. Bob ’74 & Mrs. Felice Bryant ’75 Mr. Ronald ’73 & Mrs. Rebecca Bryant Mr. Ronald ’72 & Mrs. Shelley Buckalew Mr. Robert C. Buckner ’80 Mr. Matt & Ms. Lacie Bullard ’04 Mr. Kevin & Mrs. Cathy Bunch Mr. Ron & Mrs. Jetta Burton Dr. Dwain ’68 & Mrs. Beth Butler Mr. Ronald ’82 & Mrs. Lorilei Butler Mr. Trey & Mrs. Stacy Caliva ’05 Mr. Ben ’77 & Mrs. Marsha Campbell Mr. Scott ’88 & Mrs. Tricia Campbell ’88 Mr. Joe ’64 & Mrs. Jo Canon ’66 Mr. James ’82 & Mrs. Bonnie Cardow Mr. Howard R. Carlson, IV ’08 Mr. M. C. ’79 & Mrs. Mary Sue Carrington Mr. David R. Carter ’87 Ms. Maria R. Carter ’87 Mr. Sone O. Cavazos ’97 Mr. Donald ’69 & Mrs. Robbie Champion ’69 Dr. W. Evan ’07 & Mrs. Vicki Chaney Mr. Kyle ’98 & Mrs. Ivette Chapman Mr. Hunter Chase ’00 & Ms. Mandi Clements ’00 Mr. Art ’74 & Mrs. Alice Chavez ’71 Mr. Heath ’03 & Mrs. Andrea Cheek ’07 Mr. Tommy & Mrs. Sheran Childress Mr. Mark A. Cina ’75 Mrs. Peggy E. Clark ’64 Mr. Bobby ’73 & Mrs. Rhonda Clifton The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Mr. John ’06 & Mrs. Desirae Cook Mr. Valton ’95 & Mrs. Caley Cooper Mr. Boyd ’90 & Mrs. Teri Cowan ’89 Col. Jimmy D. Cox, (Ret.) ’63 Mr. Cody ’04 & Mrs. Lauren Craig ’02 Mr. Terry & Mrs. Kelly Crofoot Mr. Brenton ’96 & Mrs. Carrie Croley ’95 Dr. Charles ’76 & Mrs. Salty Cruser Mr. Ronald ’75 & Mrs. Barbara Cummins Mr. J. Kirk ’75 & Mrs. Kay Cunningham Mr. Thomas ’80 & Mrs. Gloria Curtis ’79 Ms. Shari J. Damron ’72 Mr. William ’72 & Mrs. Ann Daniel Mr. Mark Daniels ’81 The Honorable Jim Bob ’70 & The Honorable Kara Darnell ’98 Mr. William & Mrs. Amy Daughters ’91 Mr. Eddie ’56 & Mrs. Jamie David Mr. Kenneth ’84 & Mrs. Lisa Davis Mr. Sean ’86 & Mrs. Donna Davis Mr. Enoch ’60 & Mrs. Frances Dawkins Dr. Miles & Dr. Audra Day ’99 Mr. Jesse & Mrs. Melissa Deakins ’65 Dr. Bill ’61 & Mrs. Peggy Dean ’66 Mr. Douglas ’93 & Mrs. Rachel Deaton ’93 Mr. J. Patrick ’90 & Mrs. Lisa Degroote ’91 Mr. Brandon ’96 & Mrs. Mary Denmon ’94 Mr. Todd ’86 & Mrs. D’Aun Denton Mr. Marcus ’00 & Mrs. Ashleigh Dickerson Mr. Donald ’75 & Mrs. Lori Doherty Mr. Johnny ’88 & Mrs. Joyce Dossey Mr. Jim ’70 & Mrs. Patti Douglass ’85 Mr. Michael B. Dowell Mr. John ’66 & Mrs. Edie Downs Mr. David ’82 & Mrs. Allison Doyle

Mr. Norman D. Dyer ’51 Mr. Robert ’72 & Mrs. Bonny Eakens Mr. Howard ’66 & Mrs. Rita Ehler Mrs. Jan M. Elliott Mr. Brian ’93 & Mrs. Sharon Ellis ’94 Mr. Tracy ’77 & Mrs. Cary Elms ’94 Mr. R. L. ’81 & Mrs. Cindy Eschenburg ’81 Mr. John ’97 & Mrs. Leah Esparza ’95 Mr. C. Robert ’69 & Mrs. Lee Fabling Mr. Quinton A. Farley ’81 Mr. Jesse ’73 & Mrs. Brenda Faught Mr. Jeremy ’98 & Mrs. Amanda Ferrell Mr. Brian ’99 & Mrs. Kasey Fielder ’98 Mr. Thomas ’78 & Mrs. Jenne Finke ’78 Mr. Reynolds L. Foster ’67 Regent L. Frederick ’78 & Mrs. Ginger Francis ’79 Mr. Aaron Friedman ’21 Mr. Terry ’77 & Mrs. Linda Fuller ’69 Mr. Richard ’88 & Mrs. Lori Furr Mr. Ricky & Mrs. Melinda Gaddis ’84 Mr. Joe ’84 & Mrs. Linda Garner ’83 Mr. Larry ’84 & Mrs. Karen Gates ’84 Mr. Christopher ’07 & Mrs. Mary Gellner ’05 Mr. David R. George ’86 Dr. Henry ’74 & Mrs. Jean Gill ’70 Dr. Vance ’06 & Mrs. Emily Ginn ’06 Mr. Doyle & Mrs. Somer Glass ’98 Mr. Vikram Gokhale ’94 & Ms. Aparna Mande Mr. Randy ’77 & Mrs. Linda Golden ’77 Mr. Bryan ’73 & Mrs. Nancy Gossett Gossett Oil and Gas Properties, L.P. Mr. Robert ’70 & Mrs. Diane Gossett ’71 Mr. Jeremy ’99 & Mrs. Lauren Gott Dr. Addison ’82 & Mrs. Tammie Gradel ’17 The Honorable William ’64 & Mrs. Lanette Gray Dr. Leonard ’67 & Mrs. Sandra Gray Mr. Norris ’60 & Mrs. Ellen Green ’61 Mr. Thomas ’64 & Mrs. Mary Ann Green ’64 Mrs. Geneva Griffin ’51 Mr. Matthew K. Grigsby ’94 Mr. Luke ’00 & Mrs. Beth Haile Mr. Eddie ’53 & Mrs. Jerri Hajek Mr. Rickey ’74 & Mrs. Sherrie Hale Mr. Brian W. Hall ’76 Mr. D. Brett Hall ’86 Mr. Ivan ’64 & Mrs. Martha Hall Mrs. Jessie Hall Mr. Ronnie ’68 & Mrs. Nancy Hammonds Chancellor Emeritus Kent R. Hance ’65 Mr. Keith ’68 & Mrs. Glenda Hansen Mr. Jeffrey ’80 & Mrs. Sarah Harbaugh ’80 Mr. Kenneth ’89 & Mrs. Stephanie Harding ’89 Dr. John ’99 & Mrs. Nancy Hardy ’99 Mr. Owen ’73 & Mrs. Lois Harrison Mr. Jim ’83 & Mrs. Susan Hart ’83 Dr. Robert Hart ’80 & Dr. Susan Nelson Mr. Tim ’51 & Mrs. Tommie Hatch ’51 Mr. Mark & Mrs. Karen Havins ’93 Mr. Daniel ’81 & Mrs. Nita Heinchon ’81 Mr. Lloyd ’79 & Mrs. Cheryl Helms ’78 Mr. Alan ’64 & Mrs. Cassandra Henry ’67 Mr. Ryan ’94 & Mrs. Melynn Henry Dr. Staci Hix-Hernandez ’99 & Dr. Jeremy Hernandez ’99 Mr. G. Ross ’89 & Mrs. Kelli Hilburn ’90 Mr. Ronald ’70 & Mrs. Edith Hilliard Dr. William ’74 & Mrs. Joann Hinchey Mr. W. Embry ’65 & Mrs. Martha Hines ’89 Ms. LeeAnn M. Hinkle ’00 Mr. Steve ’69 & Mrs. Jorjanna Hipes ’70 Mr. Douglas ’76 & Mrs. Valerie Hlavaty ’76

Mr. Robert W. Hodge, II Mr. Gregory ’86 & Mrs. Lori Hoes Mr. Ted ’77 & Mrs. Joellen Hogan ’76 Mr. Hawks ’21 & Mrs. Hailey Holder ’20 Mr. Robert ’60 & Mrs. Kyle Hood Mr. Dan ’57 & Mrs. Carolyn Hook ’60 Mr. Kevin & Mrs. Laura Housing ’07 Mr. Dale ’86 & Mrs. Jennifer Hudspeth ’86 Dean Emeritus Walter ’67 & Mrs. Kathy Huffman Mr. Scott & Mrs. Laura Hughey ’97 Mr. Jimmie ’56 & Mrs. Betsy Hunt Mr. Steve ’71 & Mrs. Debbie Hurt ’72 Mr. Brandon ’87 & Mrs. Neasa Iden Mr. Rex ’78 & Mrs. Nancy Isom ’80 Mr. Donald ’66 & Mrs. Janice Jackson Mrs. Peggy W. James ’64 Mr. Steven ’96 & Mrs. Lesley Jeffcoat ’96 Mr. Roger ’74 & Mrs. Deni Jeschke Mr. John ’90 & Mrs. Ann Marie Jeter Joe & Nan Johnson Family Foundation The Honorable Philip ’65 & Mrs. Carla Johnson ’62 Mr. Jeremy ’00 & Mrs. Trina Johnson ’99 Mr. Larry ’61 & Mrs. Suzie Johnson Mrs. Nan H. Johnson Mr. Wilbur ’65 & Mrs. Patricia Johnson Mr. R. Hamlin ’96 & Mrs. Amy Jones ’95 Mr. Donald ’68 & Mrs. Chris Jones ’68 Mr. M. Steve ’70 & Mrs. Ginny Jones Mr. Mark ’79 & Mrs. Connie Jones ’81 Mr. Troy ’57 & Mrs. Lona Jones Mr. Wilson ’88 & Mrs. Lendy Jones Mr. Van Josselet ’74 Mr. J. David ’86 & Mrs. Carrie Joyner Dr. Pedro Juri ’79 Mr. Phillip ’09 & Mrs. Kara Danielle Kahlich Dr. Thivakorn ’13 & Mrs. Betsy Kasemsri Mr. Richard ’75 & Mrs. Debra Keffler ’75 Mr. R. Scott ’76 & Mrs. Marian Kellerman Dr. Pamela Kennedy & Mr. J. Michael Stinson ’66 Mr. Mike ’75 & Mrs. Julia Kerr Mr. Michael & Mrs. Tracy Kiefer ’87 Maj. Anthony Killa (Ret.) ’95 & Mrs. Angela Hartman-Killa Mr. Truitt ’00 & Mrs. Kay Kimbrough ’01 Mr. Christopher ’95 & Mrs. Heather King Mr. M. Chris ’84 & Mrs. Betsy Kirksey ’83 Dr. Scot & Mrs. Tara Knight ’92 Mrs. Melody H. Kramer ’71 Mr. Brandon W. Kuehler ’04 Mrs. Callie D. Kuehler ’09 Mr. Brandon ’01 & Mrs. Sheri LaBonte ’97 Mr. David M. Ladewig ’09 Dr. Richard ’74 & Dr. Kerren Lampe Mr. Curt ’90 & Mrs. Jill Langford ’90 Mr. Scott ’92 & Mrs. Tyfani Lanier ’94 Mr. Ronald D. Larson ’70 Mr. Jon-Paul ’00 & Mrs. Melissa Lascalere Mr. L. Russell ’81 & Mrs. Kathryn Laughlin ’80 Mr. Samuel ’84 & Mrs. Julie Law ’84 Dr. Robert & Mrs. Marcy Lawless ’93 Mr. Jeff ’89 & Mrs. Meghan Lawlis Ms. Shery Layne ’81 Mr. Robert & Mrs. Kelly Leach ’78 Mr. James L. Leake ’09 Mr. Peyton ’91 & Mrs. Kelly Legg ’92 Mr. Phil D. Lemons ’82 Mr. Joseph ’61 & Mrs. Jung Lew Mr. Dan ’73 & Mrs. Debra Lewis Mr. Gary ’73 & Mrs. Kay Lewis ’73 Mr. J. Michael ’72 & Mrs. Robin Lewis Mr. Robert & Mrs. Kobi Lincoln ’05

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Mr. Lance ’99 & Mrs. Dawn Taylor ’00 Mr. Robert ’71 & Mrs. Jan Taylor ’67 Mr. David ’97 & Mrs. Carrie Teague ’98 Mr. Russell ’80 & Mrs. Jency Thoma ’82 Ms. E. Carolyn Thomas ’72 Mr. Justin ’06 & Mrs. Carolyn Thompson ’05 Mr. Robert ’75 & Mrs. Diane Thompson Mrs. Tracy Thrash Mr. Fred ’68 & Mrs. Kay Timberlake Mr. Ellis ’67 & Mrs. Marsha Todd ’65 Mr. Mitchell ’82 & Mrs. Tonya Toups Mr. Chance ’08 & Mrs. Kim Turner Mr. Jerry ’68 & Mrs. Diane Turner ’68 Mr. Loyd ’76 & Mrs. Karen Turner ’83 Dr. Craig & Mrs. Nancy Urban Mr. Brian ’93 & Mrs. Teresa Vardeman ’93 Mr. Bobby G. Waddle ’55 Mr. Clint ’82 & Mrs. Risa Walker ’91 Mr. Daniel ’79 & Mrs. Bredgitt Walker Mr. Ben ’76 & Mrs. Patricia Wallace Mr. Corey ’95 & Mrs. Tracey Waller ’93 Mr. Juifeng ’86 & Mrs. Lu Wang The Honorable T. John ’64 & Mrs. Elizabeth Ward ’86 Mrs. Velma G. Warren ’77 Ms. Shannon E. Washburn ’83 Mr. Jim ’72 & Mrs. Lavenia Weathers Mr. Russell B. Webb ’91 Mrs. Molly I. Webster Mr. James ’91 & Mrs. Cheryl Werner ’91 Mr. Michael ’93 & Mrs. Teresa West Mr. Tony ’79 & Mrs. Cindy Whitehead ’81 Mr. David ’64 & Mrs. Carla Wight Dr. Kitty Harris ’83 & Mr. Morris Wilkes ’75 Mrs. Mary B. Wilkinson ’77 Mr. Bryant ’61 & Mrs. Brenda Williams Mr. D. Andy ’91 & Mrs. Camille Williams Mr. Scott ’74 & Mrs. Diane Williams Ms. Christy D. Williamson ’98 Ms. Sharon Willingham ’81 Mr. Joseph C. Wilson ’87 Mr. Dusty ’81 & Mrs. Leisha Womble ’21 Dr. Gary B. ’73 & Mrs. Sheryl Wood Mr. Michael ’80 & Mrs. Elizabeth Woodward Mr. Gary ’78 & Mrs. Melinda Wright ’80 Dr. Scott ’87 & Mrs. Lenore Wyrick Mr. Jeff ’82 & Mrs. Deborah Yarbrough Mr. Tyler ’06 & Mrs. Emily Young Mr. W. Brad Youngblood ’74 *As of November 9, 2021

ALUMNI NEWS firm, consistently has been recognized as “One the Top 100 Firms in the U.S.” and “Best of the Best” by INSIDE Public Accounting and other industry publications. Her husband is Erik.

2001 COREY BUTLER (BA Economics) Lubbock. The Gilder-Lehrman institute of American History has named Corey Butler the State Winner for Texas in the 2021 National History Teacher of the Year competition. He has taught American history at Talkington School for Young Women Leaders, Lubbock, since 2015.

Each year, one exemplary full-time K–12 American history educator in each of the 50 states, U.S. territories and Department of Defense schools is nominated and named State History Teacher of the Year. Corey’s wife is KRISTINA WOODS BUTLER ’04, ’18.

2003 R. HEATH CHEEK (BA Political Science) Dallas, Texas, a partner with Bell Nunnally & Martin, LLP, was named a Future Star by Benchmark Litigation 2022 guide. Future Stars are building their reputations in the market and are the up-and-coming lawyers to keep an eye on.

Benchmark Litigation’s annual guide highlights firms and litigators of an “elite” status and is billed as the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers. Heath is a member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors. His wife is ANDREA E. CHEEK (BA ’07 Public Relations).

communication problems, particularly in situation involving multicultural audiences.

The Academy of Transdisciplinary Studies seeks to bring together the many faculty members, programs and courses that cross disciplinary boundaries.

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HEATHER H. JOBE (JD Law) Dallas, Texas, has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022. Heather works for Bell Nunnally as an attorney specializing in bankruptcy, creditor debtor rights and insolvency and reorganization law. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Her husband is Hudson.

CAMERON R. LUST (BBA Finance) Lubbock, Texas, has joined First United Bank’s Lubbock Lending Team as vice president of Lending.

Cameron has 15 years of experience in the financial industry. He currently volunteers in the professional division for the Lubbock Area United Way and previously served the United Way as a program review leader and Loaned Executive. His wife is MICAH D. HENSLEY-LUST (MS ’08 Physician Assistant Studies).

CARLOS EVIA, PH.D. (’04 Technical Communication and Rhetoric) Blacksburg, Virginia, has been named associate dean for Transdisciplinary Initiatives at the College of Liberal Arts and Human Science at Virginia Tech. Carlos joined Virginia Tech faculty in 2004 and has focused his research on planning and developing technology-based solutions for workplace

2005 EMBER GONZALEZ (BS Architecture, M.Arch ’07 Architecture) Lubbock, has received his license as a registered architect. Ember works for Parkhill Architectural and Engineering firm in the K-12 sector. His projects include a new high school for the Lubbock Cooper Independent School District, a renovation and addition for an Lubbock Cooper Independent School District middle school, an indoor athletics project for Melissa Independent School District, and Lubbock Cooper Independent School District’s South Elementary School.

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2007 DAVID J. SANCHEZ (BBA Accounting) Boston, Massachusetts, joined Bulfinch as the assistant vice president tax manager of the firm. David is a certified public accountant and brings several years of experience that will assist Bulfinch with meeting its “Drive to 2025” company goals. Previously, he served as a tax manager at DiCicco, Gulman, & Company where he was responsible for multiple tax assignments across a variety of middle market private companies, including real estate, professional services, manufacturers and life sciences.

2010 DANIEL S. TOWNSEND (BBA Accounting, MS ’10 Accounting) Houston, Texas, has joined Whitley Penn as a senior manager for the firms’ tax group. Daniel is a certified public accountant that has more than 10 years of experience in business and individual tax compliance and consulting with a concentration on partnership and corporate returns. He is a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public

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MYLES LINHARES (BS Personal Financial Planning) Bixby, Oklahoma, has joined AmeriTrust as a financial planning analyst. Myles brings eight years of financial experience to the firm, having worked as a portfolio paraplanner at Stonebridge Financial Group in Frisco, Texas, and a client service associate at Bannerman Wealth Management in Dallas. He has also held various trader positions at Fidelity Investments.

In his new role, he will help provide financial analytics and research support for clients.

2016 JAKE WYATT (BS Civil Engineering) Lubbock, has received his license as a Professional Engineer.

Jake works for Parkhill Architectural and Engineering firm as a structural engineer in the architecture sector. His projects include the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District Bond New High School, the Lubbock Police Headquarters, St. Ann’s Youth Activity Center, Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District new middle school renovation and addition and Gateway Church’s Southlake Campus Expansion.

2017 JANINE E. BECKIE (BA Media Strategies) Parker, Colorado, earned a gold medal playing for the Canadian women’s soccer team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This win was Canada’s first ever gold medal in women’s soccer. Janie played soccer as a forward for the Red Raiders from 2012-2015 and scored a record 57 goals during that time. In her Olympic career, she has scored five times and broken the Olympic record for quickest goal scored, 20 seconds into a game.

2020 GRAYSEN GILBRAITH BIENSCH (BS Animal Science) Auburn, Alabama, has been named the commodity director for the Alabama Farmers Federation. Her new role will focus on beef, equine, hay and forage and sheep and goat divisions. She will also provide leadership for the federation’s youth livestock activities.

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During her time at Texas Tech, Graysen was president of the livestock judging team and part of the national championship meat animal evaluation team. Prior to her new role, Graysen worked as a strategic sales representative and licensed agent for Pumpkin Pet Insurance by Zoetis, where she managed 1,000-plus accounts and implemented pet insurance across 10 Midwest states.

2021 SHRINIDHI “NIDHI” JOSHI (BS Microbiology) Chicago, Illinois, has been named the 2021-2022 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellow by the national nonprofit public health organization STOP Foodborne Illness. Nidhi was selected by a committee comprised of professionals and educators from SFI and from the Michigan State University Online Food Safety Program. The Theno Food Safety Fellowship is an opportunity for a young food scientist to work with SFI professionals and learn from members of the extended SFI community about the real-world health consequences of failures in food safety.

The fellowship requires that the fellow work full-time for SFI and complete a 12-credit Online Food Safety Graduate Certificate with Michigan State University.

Techsan Memorial RUSSELL WAYNE ARENDELL ’59; Lubbock, Sept. 8.

Retired U.S. Navy captain. Survived by wife, Fern West Arendell.

ELIZABETH “CAROLYN” ATER, PH.D., Albuquerque, New Mexico,Oct.17.Professor Emeritus of Home Economics; retired after 27 years on faculty.

ANITA GAY AUSTIN, Brownfield, Texas, Oct. 13.

Worked in the Texas Tech accounts receivable area for more than 20 years, later becoming manager. Survived by husband, Eddie Austin.

MELVIN WAYNE BARTLEY, SR. ’70; Waco, Texas, Aug. 23. Survived by wife, Patricia Schroeder Bartley.

JO ANN DEATON BEAVERS ’52; Fort Worth, Texas, July 6.

DENNIS BERNARD BECK ’68; Arlington, Texas, Aug. 16.

FERNANDO BENAVIDES, JR. ’06; Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 17.

JOAN BLANSCET ’67, ’69; Dallas, Texas, July 8.

Survived by wife, Betty King.

MARY NELL MILLER BLEEKER ’83; Friona, Texas, Aug. 18.

BARRY ALTON BOATMAN ’87; Granbury, Texas, Sept.

28. Survived by wife, KIM M. KUBICA BOATMAN ’87.

GRACE ANN BOUDREAUX , a senior studying community, family and addiction sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas July 26.

BARBARA CAIN BRATTON ’71; Dallas, Texas, Aug. 26.

LOIS MARIE HARPER BRIMHALL ’91; Tyler,Texas,June 30. Survived by husband, Van E. Brimhall, D.V.M. BARBARA CAIN BRITTON ’71; Dallas, Texas.

BRANDON “BRITT” BROOKS ’83; Houston, Texas, Sept. 19. Survived by wife, Andrea Cozad Brooks.

PAT BARTLETT BROWN ’80,’87; Lubbock, Sept. 20.

GEORGE MARCUS “MARC” BRYANT ’68; Dallas, Texas, Sept. 20. Survived by wife, Dianne Brown Bryant.

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ALUMNI NEWS HELEN MCCANCE BUNTING ’81; Boerne, Texas, Aug. 21.

CHARLES A. BURDSAL,JR., PH.D.’71; Wichita, Kansas, Sept. 10. Survived by wife, Jeanne Burdsal.

ECOMET BURLEY, JR. ’76; Pearland, Texas, Feb. 13, 2020. Inducted into the Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Fame, Southwest Conference Hall of Fame and the Texas Football Legends Hall of Fame. Survived by wife, Frances Burley.

JOHN D. CARLOS ’72; San Antonio, Texas, May 16.

GEORGE WILLIAM CARPENTER , former student and longtime Texas Tech supporter and TTAA member; Lubbock, Aug. 30. Survived by wife, Linda Carpenter.

JOSEPH J. “JOE” CARRANZA ’99; Waller, Texas, Sept.

2. Survived by wife, AMY LAUGHLIN CARRANZA ’00.

PATRICIA DELOIS KRUZENSK CASEY’76; Plainview, Texas, Sept. 8. Survived by husband, Kevin Casey.

WILLIAM HARL “CLEVE” CLEVELAND, JR. ’77; Rotan, Texas, Oct. 12. Survived by wife, Kelly Leigh Mullins Cleveland.

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PAUL MORRECE COATS ’71; Lubbock, Sept. 3.

EUGENE ALFRED “GENE” COLEMAN, PH.D. ’60; Anton, Texas, Sept. 29. Professor of plant and soil sciences and later, associate dean of the Graduate School. Survived by wife, Beverly Buchanan Coleman.

JOEL COX ’99; Lubbock, Sept. 26. Survived by wife, SARA L. RESTON COX ’99.

JACKSON LANIER “JACK” DUFFEY ’66; Brenham, Texas, Sept. 24. Survived by wife, Marjorie Duffey.

REG CRANFORD, D.D.S. ’70; Big Spring, Texas, Sept. 14.

COL. MARVIN JOHN DVORACEK, (U.S. ARMY, RET.) Bryan, Texas, Oct. 13. Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Engineering; associate professor for 32 years and department chairman.

DONALD THOMAS CUNNINGHAM ’69; Lubbock, Sept.

13. Survived by wife Joyce H. Cunningham.

NANCY ELIZABETH WATSON COLLIER ’65; Plano, Texas, June 29. Survived by husband, JAMES M. COLLIER, JR. ’65, ’67.

SHARHRIAR “CY” DANESHFAR, M.D. ’10,’18; Lubbock, Oct. 21. Survived by wife, Ellie Daneshfar.

JACK BENNETT COLLINS ’48; Austin, Texas, Aug. 16. Survived by wife, Renata Lauden Collins.

ALAN JAMES DAVIS’76; Lubbock, Oct. 9. Survived by wife, SUSAN WALKER DAVIS ’76.

COY LEE COOK ’65; Midland, Texas, Aug. 17.

Survived by KAREN ZANT COOK ’72.

CLIFTON “LYN” DAVIS ’67, ’69; Garland, Texas, Sept. 24.

ROBERT MARION COSBY ’76; Lubbock, Oct. 8.

Survived by wife, JANE KAILEY COSBY ’76.

WAYNE E. DAVIS ’65; Richardson, Texas, Aug. 1.

Survived by his wife, JANE EDWARDS DAVIS ’67.

CAROL CREWS COVINGTON ’59; Lubbock, Sept. 9.

Survived by husband, SAMUEL PARKS “SAM” COVINGTON JR.’58.

HÉCTOR FLAVIO DE LEÓN’74, Alexandria, Virginia, Nov. 18, 2020. Survived by wife, Dona Howarth De León.

JAMES “MAURICE” COX JR. ’55.; Centennial,Colorado, Oct. 18. Survived by wife, MENDA ROSS COX ’54.

JOHN ROY DEVANEY ’61,Okanogan,Washington,Oct. 10. Survived by wife, Barbara Shiller Debaney.

DAMIAN GILBERT ESPARZA ’10; Lubbock, Aug. 26.

Survived by wife, Irene Esparza.

LIBBY CARANFA EUBANK ’09; Lubbock, Sept. 8.

Survived by husband, Jacob Eubank.

JAMES “JIM” EVANS ’59; Arlington, Texas, Aug. 29.

Survived by wife, CATHERINE NELSON EVANS ’58.

BONNIE JEAN MAY FAIRALL, ED.D. ’78; El Paso, Sept.

19. Survived by husband, Jack Wesley Fairall.

MARLENE MCKINNEY FEDURIS ’79; Amarillo, Texas, Oct. 27. Survived by husband, Richard Feduris.

CAROLYN BELLE CHICK FORTENBERRY ’54; Carthage, Texas, Aug. 2.

RANDY FRALIN ’74; Lubbock, Sept. 18.

2021 Texas Tech University Official Ornament Don’t miss your chance to own the 25th annual ornament, featuring the TTU Sports Performance Center, the largest single volume facility of its kind in the country. The facility is home to “Run,” a public art piece created by Simon Donovan and Ben Olmstead. The ornament highlights the stunning facility at night, when the art installation is illuminated by red LED lights.

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ALUMNI NEWS MILBURN FENTON “MEL” GASTON ’76; Plainview, Texas, Aug. 31. Survived by wife, BONNIE FAYE JAMES GASTON ’52.

ROBIN GAY TAYLOR VERETTO GAUNA’84; Lubbock, July 20. Survived by husband, Rene Gauna.

BRENTON THOMAS “BRENT” GEBO ’68, Boise, Idaho, Oct.12.Survived by wife,CHERYL STIMSON GEBO ’68.

MARYLIN RUTH PUTMAN GEORGE ’66; Plano, Texas, Sept. 9. Survived by husband, Harry B. George.

JOHN GILLAS, Professor Emeritus and Paul W. Horn Professor of Music; Lubbock, Oct. 28.

Founding member of the United States Army Chorus . During graduate school, received a two-year Fulbright Grant to the Rome Opera; performed throughout Europe. On Texas Tech University faculty, 1971 to 2015; taught voice, helped develop and direct musical theatre.

After retirement, continued performing and directing. Survived by wife, Mary Gillas.

PHILLIPS WENDLAND GOODELL, JR., PH.D. ’87; Sarasota, Florida, June 30.

CHARLES GROVER HALCOMB, PH.D., professor of human factors psychology at Texas Tech for 27 years; Lubbock, Sept. 27. Survived by wife, Nancy J. Halcomb.

JAMES CRAIG HAMBRIGHT ’80, a second-degree student in the Whitacre College of Engineering; Lubbock, Sept. 6.

ROBERT NEAL “BOB” HANSEN ’01; Flatonia, Texas, Sept. 22. Survived by wife, Sandi Hansen.

SAMUEL ELLIOTT HAYS, IV ’72, San Angelo, Texas, Oct. 19.

MARCEL G. “MIKE” HEBERT, PH.D. ’87; Cumberland, Rhode Island, Sept. 8. Survived by wife, Suzanne Bibeault Hebert.

ERNEST EDDIE HENSON ’59, Cumming, Georgia, Sept. 6. Survived by wife, Erma Lilly Henson ’57, ’59.

JOHN WARREN HENSON ’64; Granbury, Texas, Sept. 27. Former station manager, KTXT-TV Lubbock and associate vice president at Texas Tech University.

GLENN EUGENE GRISWOLD, JR. ’75, ’10; Rowlett, Texas, Sept. 3.

CHRISTINE MOORE HILTON ’44; Odessa, Texas, July 17.

LT. COL. JIMMY ROYCE “JIM” HODGIN (U.S. Army, Ret.) ’69, Salado, Texas, Sept. 16. Served 23 years in the Army; Airborne and Pathfinder-qualified, Special Forces.Taught at Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth. Aide-de-camp to Gen. George S. Patton IV. Survived by wife, JUDY HART HODGIN ’68.

JEFFREY LEE HOOVER, PH,D. ’91, Sacramento, California, Oct. 11. Survived by wife, Joy Whartman Hoover.

CHARLES RILEY HORTON, III ’49; Lubbock, Sept, 23.

LARRY C. HOWARD ’68, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 16. Survived by wife, Mary Robinson Howard.

FRANCES DEE COPELAND HUDDLESTON ’56, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 15.

MAR-JO HOLLEY HUGGINS ’61; Plainview, Texas, Aug. 22. Survived by husband, NORMAN EMORY HUGGINS ’59.

NAN “BITSY” SIGNOR HUTSON ’63; Lubbock, Oct. 27.

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LEGACY CLUB ENROLLMENT JAN 3-31

We would like to thank our Legacies and their sponsors for participating in the inaugural year of our Legacy Club. It was a great first year and we look forward to the growth of this program in 2022! Remember, you will need to re-register your Legacy/Legacies on a yearly basis online at texastechalumni.org/LegacyClub. The enrollment period for 2022 is set for Jan. 3-31. If you do not get your Legacies signed up during that timeframe, they will not receive any of the Legacy Club benefits for 2022!

First time hearing about the Legacy Club? This is a special program designed to instill a love for Texas Tech and its unique traditions among the children, grandchildren and other kiddos of loyal TTAA members. We like to think we’re creating “Red Raiders in training.” The cost per Legacy to join the program is $19.23 (TTU’s founding year) and provides the following benefits to each Legacy Club member: • • • • • •

Age-specific gifts every year in May to celebrate TTAA’s birthday, ages birth through 17 Annual birthday card Opportunity to attend Legacy University each summer (more info below) Holiday party in Lubbock Family focused chapter events Information about chapter & TTAA scholarship opportunities

For more information, please contact Britta Tye at britta.tye@ttu.edu, or call (806) 834-2933.

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In 2021 we also hosted our inaugural Legacy University, which presented an opportunity for TTAA Legacies ages 7 to 13 (2nd through 8th grade) and their grandparents to attend an intergenerational experience on Texas Tech’s campus. This three-day summer camp engages grandparents and their aspiring Red Raider grandchildren in hands-on academic activities, while celebrating the traditions that make Texas Tech unique.

We would love for you or your family members to participate in our 2022 Legacy University on July 13-15. However, Legacies MUST be enrolled in the Legacy Club to be eligible to participate.

So, be sure to get them registered during this year’s enrollment period from Jan. 3-31 at texastechalumni.org/LegacyClub.

ALUMNI NEWS THOMAS M. “TOM” JARMON ’77; Boulder, Colorado Nov. 15. Survived by wife, CYNTHIA “CINDY” TERRY JARMON ’73.

BOBBIE LYNN PATTERSON LESTER ’72; Seymour, Texas, Oct. 25. Survived by husband, William “Bill” Lester.

ERNST W. “ERNIE” KIESLING, PH.D., Lubbock, Oct. 14. Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, came to Texas Tech in 1969 as the chairman of the civil engineering department; retired in 2018. Following the 1970 Lubbock Tornado, was part of the team that created the Institute for Disaster Research, later named the Wind Science Engineering Research Center and now known as the National Wind Institute. Gained worldwide fame as the “Father of the Safe Room.” Survived by wife, Nita Kiesling.

JACK MCCARTY, D.O. ’65; Lubbock,Aug.31.Survived by wife, CYNTHIA “CINDY” GREGORY MCCARTY’93.

ERIN WADE KILCREASE ’04; Midland, Texas, July 4.

BILLY LAWRENCE KISER ’58; Dallas, Texas, July 22.

“CHEF” PAUL C. KNOTT ’03; Midland, Texas, Aug.15.

Survived by wife, Melissa S. Knott.

WALTER M. LENAMON ’50; Wentworth Village, Texas, Oct. 23. Survived by wife, Diane Cooper Lenamon.

PETE RAMOS MCLAUGHLIN ’01; Lubbock, Aug. 1.

Survived by husband, KIRK MCLAUGHLIN ’80.

TOMMY D. MCMILLAN ’76; Plainview, Texas, Sept. 5.

Survived by wife, SUSAN KRUZENSK MCMILLAN’76.

OWEN WEST “MAC” MCWHORTER, JR. ’68, ’75; Lubbock, Sept. 6. Survived by wife, CAROL MCKELVY MCWHORTER ’75.

OTHAL “O.C.” MADDEN, JR. ’55; Lubbock, Aug. 29. Survived by wife, Shirley Bellar Madden.

ALICIA MARTINEZ MAREZ,Abernathy,Texas,Sept 26.

Supervisor for Texas Tech University Housing Services for more than 40 years.

DAVID LAURENCE MARION ’58; Fort Worth, Texas, July 28. Survived by wife, Claudine R. Marion.

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ROTC for 20 years; San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 30.

Survived by his wife, DIANA R. MARMOLEJO ’78.

DENISE HOWARD MASERANG ’69; Lubbock, Sept. 18.

WENDELL W. MAYES, JR., PH.D. ’49; Austin, Texas, Sept. 12. Texas Tech Distinguished Alumnus; Texas Tech Distinguished Engineer. Texas Tech Regent, 1985 to 1991; chairman, 1986 to 1988. Owned and operated radio and television stations for 50 years. Named to Texas Radio Hall of Fame, 2002. honored by the Texas Association of Broadcasters as Pioneer Broadcaster of the Year in 1978 and with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.

In retirement, earned a BA degree in computer science, an MA in landscape architecture and an MBA from St. Edward’s University. At age 89, earned a doctoral degree in finance from Walden University. With his wife, endowed many scholarships at Texas Tech University and other colleges. Survived by wife, Mary Jane King Mayes.

TERESA JANE MORRIS MESMAN ’96; Friona, Texas, July 29.

PATSY HARRIS MIDDLETON ’57; Round Rock, Texas, Sept. 5.

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CYNTHIA “CINDY” MICHAEL MIDKIFF ’79; Midland, Texas,Oct.21.Survived by husband,Greg Midkiff.

CHAD WESLEY MILES ’05; San Antonio, Texas, Sept.

24. Survived by wife, Jennifer Miles.

GERTRUDE PATRICIA WOLFF MILLER ’65; Lubbock, Oct. 6. Survived by husband, LON E. MILLER ’71.

ANN MCFADYEN MILLICAN ’80,’81; Fort Worth,Texas, Aug. 14. Survived by husband, Kirk Millican.

KARA SUE MORELAND O’DONNELL ’89; Tomball, Texas, Sept. 14. Survived by husband, David L. O’Donnell, II.

JOHN HAROLD “RICK” RICKARD, III ’66; Bakersfield, California, October 2021. Survived by wife, Charlene Hedgecoke Rickard.

JOHN A. OGDEN ’83; Lamar, Colorado, Oct. 4.

ALISON ASHBURN ROBINSON ’97, ’04; Lubbock, Sept. 22.

STEVEN DAVID PEÑA , senior in counseling; Snyder, Texas; Aug. 30. Survived by wife, Mandy Matheny Peña.

RODNEY J. ROGERS ’78; Lubbock, July 29. Survived by wife, DEBRA D. ROGERS ’99.

DOROTHY BENNETT PHEA-NORVILLE ’71; Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 7.

STEVE ROSSLER ’73; Nolanville, Texas, Aug. 15.

Survived by wife, Lenna Anderson Rossler.

MARY KOOZER PIERCE ’86; Lubbock, Oct. 5.

PATRICK CASSEDAY RUCKER, PH.D. ’82; Las Vegas, New Mexico, Aug. 1. Survived by wife, KARYL C. LYNE, PH.D. ’94.

WILLIE DARYL MITCHELL ’51; Rowlett,Texas,Sept.10.

STEVEN DONALD “STEVE” MOORE ’97; Texarkana, Texas, Sept. 7.

JANICE BERRY MORRIS ’51, ’55; Farmers Branch, Texas, Sept. 1.

ROBERT FRED MOTLEY ’68; Lubbock, Aug. 23.

Survived by wife, Sheila Ann Motley.

DIANA VEAL NEWBERRY ’67; Clayton, Washington, Oct. 22.

ROBERT DWAYNE NIXON ’87; Floydada, Texas, Aug. 14.

CHARLES “CHARLIE” PINNELL, PH.D.’52; College Station, Texas, Sept. 27. Survived by wife, June Whitcomb Pinnell.

JOHN JAMES RABE ’69,’70, Dallas, Texas, Oct. 1.

Survived by wife, Barbara Jean Lake Rabe.

PHILIP RAPSTINE ’60; Lubbock, April 27. Survived by wife, Heidi Rapstine.

ROBERT LEE REAGAN ’61,’66; Lubbock, Aug. 17.

Survived by wife, Rebecca A. Reagan.

JOSEPH MICHAEL “JOE” RUSCIN, PH.D. ’72; Auburn, Alabama, Sept. 1. Survived by wife, Cynthia “Cyndi” Peabody Ruscin.

MISSIONARY ANNIE BARBER RUSSELL ’96; Lubbock, Oct. 2. Survived by husband, Paul Russell.

EMMIT EGON “BUTCH” SCHMIDT, JR. ’82; New Braunfels, Texas, Aug. 22.

LYNDON SCHOENHALS ’72, Lubbock, Oct. 10.

OLAN RICE ’49, ’53; Temple, Texas, Aug. 11.

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ALUMNI NEWS PATRICIA ANN “PAT” SCOTT ’73; Ruidoso, New Mexico, Sept. 14.

MARGARET MYERS SEAL ’54; Springtown, Texas, Aug. 28.

JOE MAC SEARS ’77; Brownfield, Texas, Aug. 14.

MARGARET “MAGGIE” ALLEY SEYMOUR ’85; Lubbock, Oct. 24. Survived by husband, Steve Seymour.

MARY-MARGARET MIRAMONTES SHELKEY ’78, ’85; Midland, Texas, Oct. 22. Survived by husband, Lawrence Joseph Shelkey.

MARY BELLE SHERIDAN ’49; Lubbock, Oct. 7.

ALAN DAVID SHINN ’79, Professor Emeritus of Percussion; Lubbock, Aug. 29. From 1982-2002, professor, director of jazz studies, chair of winds/ percussion area and associate director of the School of Music. Longtime principal timpanist with Lubbock Symphony Orchestra.

JOHN BARLOW SPORAR ’58; Houston, Texas, Oct. 10. Survived by wife, Sharyn Feighl Sporar.

ANGELINA MARIE SPRAGUE, sophomore finance student; Decatur, Texas, July 19.

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Look inside the circle and you will find some words that will make the winter season come to mind.

Wishing all our Legacy Club members a happy holiday season!

We would like to thank all our Legacies and their sponsors for participating in the inaugural year of the Legacy Club. Remember to renew or sign up your Legacies between Jan. 3-31, 2022. Learn more at texastechalumni.org/LegacyClub.

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ARTHUR “LEON” SWIFT ’62, New York City, Oct. 10. Survived by wife, GEORGIA WHITTENBURG HAWKS SMITH ’61.

CHARLES OWEN VALENTINE ’65; Lubbock, Sept.

19. Survived by wife, Hoycille Montgomery Valentine.

PHILIP A. TATE, PH.D. ’77, Casselberry, Florida, Oct. 18.

DEXTER LEWIS VARNELL ’ 6 8 ; S ou t h ave n , Mississippi, Sept, 21.

CONAN “DARREL” THOMAS ’70; Lubbock, Oct. 23. Chief photographer for yearbook and newspaper, Texas Tech Student Media, for 41 years. Staff and freelance photographer for Texas Tech Alumni Association.

JOHN PRESTON VICKERY ’65; Hubbard, Texas, Oct. 29. Survived by wife, PATRICIA “PAT” BROOKEY VICKERY ’63,

LYNN CLARKE TIPTON ’49, Plainview, Texas, Oct. 17.

Drafted by the Army Air Corps; bombardier on B17s, eighth AF 493rd/Bomber Group. Shot down over Germany in 1944 and became a POW camp until May 1945. Received the Air Medal and Purple Heart. Returned to and graduated from Texas Tech.

VALORIE ANN JOHNSON UNRUH ’04; Tomball, Texas, July 23. Survived by husband, Phillip Unruh.

SAN JUANITA REYNA DELÉON VALENCIANO ’19; Lubbock, Sept. 7. Survived by husband, JOSE L. VALENCIANO ’77, ’19.

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GLENDYA GREEN WILLIAMS ’64; Houston, Texas, Aug. 15.

OSCAR E. “GENE” WILLIAMS, PH.D. ’71; Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Aug. 23. Survived by wife, Charlotte J. Wilbur Williams.

PERRY LEON WILLIAMS ’59; Lubbock, Aug. 17.

Survived by wife, Bobbie Sue Wheat Williams.

JUDITH ELIZABETH MCCASLIN WILMINGTON ’97, Vancouver, Washington, Oct.19. Survived by husband, Orville R. Wilmington.

KHANH N. VU, D.O., Lubbock, Oct. 11. Survived by wife, Dawn E. Vu

TYLER JAMES WOMACK ’10; DeLeon, Texas, Aug. 12.

DONNIE RAY WADE ’68; Brownfield, Texas, Aug. 11. Survived by wife, Nancy H. Wade.

DONALD RAY WAGNER ’67; Fort Worth, Texas, Sept.

19. Survived by wife, Judy Wagner.

JAMES “ARN” WOMBLE, PH.D. ’91, ’05; Rock Hill, South Carolina, Oct. 2. Survived by his wife, Patricia “Patty” Womble.

KIE CAMERON WATKINS ’79, ’97; Lubbock, Oct. 4.

Survived by wife, Rebecca “Becky” Howard.

JOE DON YEAGER ’72; Lubbock, Sept. 11. Survived by wife, Maria Kay Collins Yeager.

FERREL DALE WHEELER ’52; Lubbock, July 19.

Survived by wife, LAURA STARNES WHEELER ’54.

Please note that the death entries listed in this issue were received by or on Oct. 31, regardless of date of death.

JOE PAUL WHITTEN ’71; Big Spring, Texas, Sept.

20. Survived by wife, MING SUIE LEE WHITTEN ’95.

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Sometimes, maybe even often, your circumstances as a photographer make you push pause for a second, a few minutes, or even an entire day, to reflect on the power of a place. Incredibly challenging to articulate, that power cements memories and feelings permanently within you.

I recently worked on an adventure travel feature story with my friend and colleague Brandon Weaver where the story saw us bikepacking the Colorado Alpine Loop and a significant segment of the backcountry Colorado Trail. Most of our time on the Colorado Trail was spent above 12,000 feet and hiking our bikes up extremely steep and technical trails. Pedaling up these climbs was impossible given our loads, Brandon’s being a 25-year-old bike and trailer setup central to the story we were producing.

As the sun was sinking one evening, we summited an unnamed pass and finally gained a couple miles of descending singletrack. The land ahead of us opened up to a stunning vista filled with a glowing Half Peak and layers of the San Juan Mountains in the distance. The light and landscape were certainly worth photographing, but more importantly, were incredibly captivating. Our job was to descend to camp in the dark, so we were unable to safely stop and take it in outside of getting a few shots, but the setting was indeed a very powerful one, and one I believe fueled both of us mentally as we navigated a twisting and steep descent to the valley we camped in later. I spent a good portion of the next day in awe of the sight we witnessed just hours prior.

Moments like this will stay with me for as long as I’m able to remember and photography offers me a way to ensure that a degree of that powerful feeling is translated to others for possibly much longer than my life. I’m incredibly fortunate that this kind of experience is part of my career and I hope images like this inspire others to go seek out these places and these feelings themselves.

Frank Mitchell Jr. - Few Words, Big Heart Frank Mitchell Jr. lived a life devoted to family, country and Texas Tech.

His final gift honored his alma mater and his engineering professor.

The story of Mitchell’s career might read like a spy novel — if the notoriously tight-lipped engineer had let slip any of the details. Only a plaque from the National Security Agency and a handful of cryptic comments hinted at the years he spent listening to Russia during the Cold War. His love for Texas Tech University was another matter entirely. Texas Tech was always important to Mitchell because of his education and the faculty who mentored him as an electrical engineering student.

His willed gift was made in honor of C.V. Bullen, one of Mitchell’s professors and the first chairman of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. The gift benefited an endowment named in Bullen’s honor that awards scholarships to electrical and computer engineering students.

“His gift will touch hundreds of lives,” said Al Sacco Jr., dean of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. “I have nothing but admiration for him.”

Read the full story behind Frank Mitchell and the impact of his gift at www.give2tech.com/frankmitchell.

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Contact Nathan Rice at giftplanning@ttu.edu or 806.742.1781 to receive your copy of our Gifts of Impact guide to smarter giving.

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